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Rewriting our app from Node to Go reduced cloud spend by 20x, did not increase dev time, made it much easier to read and grow the project past 5k lines. Literal
by rogerkirkness 6y ago
Rewriting our app from Node to Go reduced cloud spend by 20x, did not increase dev time, made it much easier to read and grow the project past 5k lines. Literally no downside.
If your database is typed on the bottom, and your documentation is typed on the top, you have a type sandwich in every non-script application. Might as well be consistent.
- ir123 6y agoCan you elaborate on how you reduced the cloud spend? Was it the CPU usage?
- christophilus 6y ago20x seems high. Node is within 3x of Go in most benchmarks I've seen like TechEmpower[0]. I'm curious how you got a 20x improvement? [0] https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/ https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/
- rogerkirkness 6y agoConcurrency instead of queuing between microservices