Ask HN: The Future of Go-Lang?
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. 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? 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. Yes. It is the language of Kubernetes. And Kubernetes is the new OS.