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I never advocated rewriting anything. If you have a RoR/Django/PHP/Java app and it works well: keep on truckin'! But I've also found that writing new applicati
by Carpetsmoker 8y ago
I never advocated rewriting anything. If you have a RoR/Django/PHP/Java app and it works well: keep on truckin'!
But I've also found that writing new applications in Go has some good benefits over e.g. RoR. Things like processing forms and whatnot is all in the standard Go library. No need to reinvent anything.
I understand some people feel frustrated with "new tech of the yeah, yawn" (JS frameworks being the canonical example), but I don't think that standing still is a good option either. There is probably some reasonable middle ground.