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So they switched to Go from Python, because of following advantages: #1 Performance #2 Performance (to make the list longer I guess?) #5 Fast compile time... which is an advantage over Python how exactly? #7 Strong ecosystem... which brings us to disadvantage #1 - lack of frameworks (?)
"Developer productivity and not getting too creative" is NOT a point in favor of Go. Go does not have a lot of batteries included. Things like error handling, logging, test bootstrapping, etc, require consensus on the team and tight coordination. Every project is basically its own framework. Most teams are not that well-oiled. They are going to find this out the hard way. And fast? Please. If your database queries ar…
"Developer productivity and not getting too creative" is NOT a point in favor of Go. Go does not have a lot of batteries included. Things like error handling, logging, test bootstrapping, etc, require consensus on the team and tight coordination. Every project is basically its own framework. Most teams are not that well-oiled. They are going to find this out the hard way. And fast? Please. If your database queries ar…
We realized it took about as much specialization and wheel reinventing as Rust, which offered way better developer ergonomics in ways that mattered to us and wouldn’t panic over things that weren’t easy to predict or caught by the compiler.
There were still tons of trade offs, but it worked well for us. Go is cool but I still can’t seem to figure out where and when I’d prefer it most of all… Especially the poor error handling and lack of safety. These things really drive me crazy.
It seems like only a couple of years ago when Java's speed was the butt of many a joke. The JVM has come a long way. As someone who doesn't work in Java and doesn't have a horse in this race, I find their turnaround impressive.
So they switched to Go from Python, because of following advantages: #1 Performance #2 Performance (to make the list longer I guess?) #5 Fast compile time... which is an advantage over Python how exactly? #7 Strong ecosystem... which brings us to disadvantage #1 - lack of frameworks (?)
Something is odd about the timing. This article is dated "Wednesday, March 3 2021" but appears to be identical to https://getstream.io/blog/switched-python-go/ dated Oct 17, 2017 and updated either May 14th 2019 or Sep 15, 2020. Both say "Early this year, we switched Stream’s primary programming language from Python to Go", and there was HN discussion about it on Oct 17, 2017 at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1…
Nim is another option if you're wanting a language faster than Python, but with high productivity. The ecosystem is not quite there yet though. Nexus dev framework should help somewhat: https://nexusdev.tools
So they switched to Go from Python, because of following advantages: #1 Performance #2 Performance (to make the list longer I guess?) #5 Fast compile time... which is an advantage over Python how exactly? #7 Strong ecosystem... which brings us to disadvantage #1 - lack of frameworks (?)
#7 given Go can't compare to Python on ecosystem breadth and depth, its a curious choice of "reason to switch"