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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

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.