A better Kotlin stdlib doc reference (autocomplete)

Name: A better Kotlin stdlib doc reference (autocomplete)
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Author: thejoeflow

by thejoeflow·May 29, 2026·1 point·0 comments

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IDE-style autocomplete for Kotlin docs when you're stuck in a browser-only interview.

Strengths

•Interview-specific use case is genuinely clever framing for a docs search tool.
•Fast autocomplete over 388 types and 13,000+ members is technically solid.
•Multiple Kotlin version support means it works across different project setups.

Weaknesses

•Fundamentally a search wrapper over existing documentation, not a novel approach.
•Limited appeal outside Kotlin developers doing web-based coding interviews.

Post Description

The official Kotlin API docs on the web are not very search friendly: https://kotlinlang.org/api/core/kotlin-stdlib Ctrl+F doesn't work well. It's hard to quickly find the method you're thinking of, especially if you don't remember exactly what it's called.

What works better? IDE autocomplete. So this is autocomplete but on the web.

The primary use case for this is coding interviews. I've been in many interviews where you have to code in whatever web tool the company uses (coderpad etc.) and there's no autocomplete. But you ARE allowed to use the browser for looking things up. So instead of wading through the kotlin docs for the method you're thinking of, you can use this site instead.