Ask HN: The Future of Go-Lang?

1 points by was_boring 6 years ago | 3 comments

Would you start a new project in Go? It seems the hype train has died on it (which isn't itself a bad thing), but would you consider it?

I'm thinking of starting a new project with it. It needs relatively high throughput (~20k transactions a second) but unsure if Go is a good choice. I like the simple syntax, low memory footprint and easy threading/routines.

verdverm 6 years ago |

Golang is here to stay. Look at the most significant projects out there, many are written in Go. It's a great language which I use daily and will continue to do so.

What other choices are you considering?

bt848 6 years ago |

The answer really depends on the nature of these transactions. For example if you can achieve the desired throughput with one thread that could change your decision.

streetcat1 6 years ago |

Yes. It is the language of Kubernetes.

And Kubernetes is the new OS.