A great example of how to leverage network effects when building something new is the Kotlin programming language.

It was a new programming language, with a clean, simple syntax, and an elegant programming model.

And it’s 100% interoperable with Java. Even if you are the only person on Earth using Kotlin, you immediately get access to the most industrial strength programming tools that exist - any Java library, build tools, profiling tools, etc. - while gaining the advantages of cleanliness and simplicity offered by Kotlin.

If Kotlin were an island, instead of fully interoperable by design, it would have remained a marginal curiosity.

Instead it has become the preferred language for Android applications.

All because it used the network effect to its own advantage, rather than fighting against it.

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