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Micro was on the frontpage earlier today (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25044604 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25044604). It's written entirely in

by asim 6y ago

Micro was on the frontpage earlier today (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25044604 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25044604). It's written entirely in Go, and so was its predecessor and everything I've done since 2012. Go is a phenomenal language and I'm not really sure where I'd be without it, my company basically wouldn't exist, I wouldn't be solving the problems I am. Its a phenomenal language and I owe a great deal of gratitude to the Go team for that. The future is bright for Go, it is for sure the language that defines Cloud development for backend services and APIs. It has spawned an ecosystem of docker, kubernetes and beyond and countless companies have come to rely on it for their software. It is amazing achievement to see something go from nothing to this. It is unclear whether it would have had the same success had it not been for being within Google, but that's just part of it.

irishcule 6y ago
>Go is a phenomenal language and I'm not really sure where I'd be without it, my company basically wouldn't exist, I wouldn't be solving the problems I am. I don't want this to come across as negative but I really don't get this. Can you expand upon this if you don't mind? What is it about Go specifically that you make claims like that? Realistically couldn't you have done everything you did in Go, in say Java or something else? (I make this as a general comment, I am not aware of the things you have actually written in Go :) )
- asim 6y ago
  No. Without the existence of Go, I would not have gotten my last job, we would not have built the platform we did, I would not have seen the opportunity and ability to build such a business. It's all a chain of events that occur because a technology exists that enables it. If Go didn't exist my path would be very different.
  - irishcule 6y ago
    Ah ok, I misunderstood your comment. Glad to hear Go has had such a big impact for you.

by asim 6y ago

irishcule 6y ago

>Go is a phenomenal language and I'm not really sure where I'd be without it, my company basically wouldn't exist, I wouldn't be solving the problems I am. I don't want this to come across as negative but I really don't get this. Can you expand upon this if you don't mind? What is it about Go specifically that you make claims like that? Realistically couldn't you have done everything you did in Go, in say Java or something else? (I make this as a general comment, I am not aware of the things you have actually written in Go :) )

asim 6y ago
No. Without the existence of Go, I would not have gotten my last job, we would not have built the platform we did, I would not have seen the opportunity and ability to build such a business. It's all a chain of events that occur because a technology exists that enables it. If Go didn't exist my path would be very different.
- irishcule 6y ago
  Ah ok, I misunderstood your comment. Glad to hear Go has had such a big impact for you.