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Golang Is Not Ready for Enterprise Systems yet and Here’s Why

• lioeters 6y ago
  Article is paywalled - can read here: https://outline.com/PVbd3c https://outline.com/PVbd3c The reasons listed to support the title are: - Poor error handling - Manually written SQL - Reinventing the wheel - Young and fast evolving technology stack without well-established standards of use Here are some companies that may disagree with the author: https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/GoUsers https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/GoUsers
  • apta 6y ago
    That some companies are using it is despite the poor fit of golang, not because of it.
    • lioeters 6y ago
      That's true, I agree that just because many companies are using a language, it doesn't mean that it's good or suitable. It would be argumentum ad populum, "a fallacious argument that concludes that a proposition must be true because many or most people believe it". I suppose somewhere in the list are some companies that qualify as "enterprise", which might argue against the claim that Go is "not ready for enterpise systems".
      • apta 6y ago
        You'd be surprised at their arguments. I've seen golang being used in areas where it is a terrible fit for, and when I ask about why they think it's a good fit, the arguments are very vague, hand wavy, and show the lack of experience (and these are multi-million dollar companies).