While Kotlin is interoperable with Java API's, there are things we could do to make the experience much better for developers. Other frameworks, e.g. Spring, are making strides here and we should do the same. We should similarly reduce barriers to entry for Kotlin developers who choose to use MongoDB.

References:

• https://android.github.io/kotlin-guides/interop.html
• https://github.com/konrad-kaminski/spring-kotlin-coroutine/tree/master/spring-data-mongodb-kotlin-coroutine