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Shopify is actually replacing slow ruby code with Go. And yes they ACK that Ruby is too slow. Also Shopify is a big monolith so it does not help.
by Thaxll 6y ago
Shopify is actually replacing slow ruby code with Go. And yes they ACK that Ruby is too slow. Also Shopify is a big monolith so it does not help.
- ch4s3 6y agoA monolith doesn't necessarily mean slower, even with Ruby. There are lots of opportunities to run less code on each request, do some work with the db, and to split off measure bottlenecks into services in a faster language. It's often good to build things quickly, find fit, and then carefully measure before you introduce calls over the network.
- Thaxll 6y agoA monolith is a problem which they are also breaking down, when you want to make something faster it's easier to target the service that does it vs the giant app. Edit: getting downvoted by people that don't work at Shopify.
- byroot 6y agoI work at Shopify. I can confirm that what you are saying is totally false.
- tekstar 6y agoLol none of these statements are true