Kotlin and Compose WASM for the UI challenged

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Claim: Kotlin Multiplatform plus Compose for Web (WASM with JS fallback) lets one write a single UI shared across Android iOS desktop and web, with Material Theme Builder producing accessible components. Tools shown: WASM, WASI, Cloudflare deployment, npm interop and Gradle build. Caveats: web beta status, not recommended for large public sites because binary size can hit ~2 MB for simple apps and Safari history delayed adoption. A demo is prepared but not run; concept works for internal high‑performance apps.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:41UI challenges for Java devs
3. 1:48Kotlin Multiplatform & Compose for web
4. 3:11What is Kotlin Multiplatform
5. 4:39Web frontend tech cycles
6. 7:11Evolution of web frontends
7. 11:05Compose for Java devs
8. 12:52Context switching in frontend
9. 14:17WebAssembly advantages
10. 15:45Compose & WASM synergy
11. 16:52Material theme builder
12. 18:21Type-safe UI components
13. 19:07WebAssembly backend
14. 20:11When not to use WASM
15. 21:38Kotlin Compose for web beta
16. 22:20Why adopt Kotlin & Compose
17. 23:23Use cases & limitations
18. 24:04Closing & demo

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