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I thought Uber was node.js company (to the point that they had to rewrite existing solid projects, because they weren't in node.js) As for Dropbox I was convin

by takeda 7y ago

I thought Uber was node.js company (to the point that they had to rewrite existing solid projects, because they weren't in node.js) As for Dropbox I was convinced primary language was Python.

bhupy 7y ago
Uber has primarily been a Go shop for over 2 years now.
- takeda 7y ago
  Sounds like they are driven by what's fashionable. They were very aggressive about node.js to the point that they refused anything that was't in node.js) before that.
  - tapirl 7y ago
    until they used Go.
nemothekid 7y ago
DropBox: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11284051 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11284051 Their switch from Python to Go was pretty well documented on their engineering blog, but I can't find it, other than comments on HN like the one above.
- pjmlp 7y ago
  They are also using Rust nowadays. Just like they use JavaScript, Swift, Java and Kotlin for mobile development.
  - tapirl 7y ago
    Go is the main language in Uber.
    - pjmlp 7y ago
      And me thinking I was on the Dropbox thread. Regarding Uber, one tree doesn't make a forest.
      - tapirl 7y ago
        Not a large forest, https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/GoUsers https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/GoUsers, but it expands fastly.