I love Python. I've never used or have any interest in Kotlin.

I have been a PHP programmer, not tried these. You should choose the language depending on your purpose.

Python being interpreted doesn't apply to my use case.

Kotlin looks nice, you target the JVM world (consuming Java packages/dependencies as well) without having to use that horribly verbose language that is Java. It also comes with a native / AOT option, capable of targeting multiple platforms; no idea how good it is, though, and how much it restricts your ability to consume Java packages.

I like snakes!