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Probably needs a (2020) in the title.

by Zababa 4y ago

andrew_ 4y ago
Not a "Go guy" but I try to keep up on the news. They've since added generics and cleaned up some of this since 2020 yeah?
- DrBazza 4y ago
  This submission came up because the article author is on twitter today complaining about golang and posted the submission link.
  - rad_gruchalski 4y ago
    So they wanted out in 2020 and they’re still on in 2022. So either the language isn’t really that bad or they have an attention deficit?
    - richbell 4y ago
      Eh, plenty of people get stuck using technologies they hate. Perhaps the OP is forced to use it for work, or already put the time and effort into building something and cannot afford to rebuild it from scratch.
    - ModernMech 4y ago
      At the end of TFA there's an update from April 2022 that explains the author's current thoughts.
    - erik_seaberg 4y ago
      In https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31193260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31193260 the author clarified that he’s changed jobs twice yet “It doesn't matter that I don't personally write Go anymore: it's unescapable.” I’m also worried about this because of trends at my day job despite having joined a sharp, experienced Scala/Java team.
      - jrockway 4y ago
        I'm someone who wants to write Go 100% of the time at work, and I haven't really found a lot of companies that are doing this. All the cool kids have moved on to Rust. All the legacy code is Python/Ruby/Typescript. There is the niche in the k8s ecosystem, but I've already written all the code I need to integrate with the k8s ecosystem ;) All that's left to do are write 2000 copy-pasted operators for running super legacy apps on OpenShift, it feels like. But even with that in mind, it's not that hard to find. Whatever tech stack you like, there is a company in every industry hiring software engineers to work with that set of tools. There is just so much software in the world, it's strictly a numbers game. And if there's some industry you like that doesn't have the tech stack you want, why not start your own company? You're reading "startup news" after all ;)
  - styluss 4y ago
    Link?
    - fasterthanlime 4y ago
      Here it is: https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1519455555517136902 https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/151945555551713690... (source: am fasterthanlime). No idea what HN's policy is on posting links to Twitter, but since you asked. Also if the consensus here is that that 2020 rant is "unfair and toxic", that twitter thread is not going to go over well either!
      - LandR 4y ago
        I agree with you about Go. I hate it, but we started it using it at work because it's "easy". It's also easy to walk across a busy road without checking but it's still a fucking stupid thing to do.
      - burnished 4y ago
        I quite like your 2020 rant. I also quite like Go. I think you make your points quite well even if I don't feel compelled to feel the same way you do after reading them. A detailed, finnicky, nitpicky critique like this makes for good insightful reading.

Probably needs a (2020) in the title.

by Zababa 4y ago

Probably needs a (2020) in the title.

Not a "Go guy" but I try to keep up on the news. They've since added generics and cleaned up some of this since 2020 yeah?

DrBazza 4y ago
This submission came up because the article author is on twitter today complaining about golang and posted the submission link.
- rad_gruchalski 4y ago
  So they wanted out in 2020 and they’re still on in 2022. So either the language isn’t really that bad or they have an attention deficit?
  - richbell 4y ago
    Eh, plenty of people get stuck using technologies they hate. Perhaps the OP is forced to use it for work, or already put the time and effort into building something and cannot afford to rebuild it from scratch.
  - ModernMech 4y ago
    At the end of TFA there's an update from April 2022 that explains the author's current thoughts.
  - erik_seaberg 4y ago
    In https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31193260 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31193260 the author clarified that he’s changed jobs twice yet “It doesn't matter that I don't personally write Go anymore: it's unescapable.” I’m also worried about this because of trends at my day job despite having joined a sharp, experienced Scala/Java team.
    - jrockway 4y ago
      I'm someone who wants to write Go 100% of the time at work, and I haven't really found a lot of companies that are doing this. All the cool kids have moved on to Rust. All the legacy code is Python/Ruby/Typescript. There is the niche in the k8s ecosystem, but I've already written all the code I need to integrate with the k8s ecosystem ;) All that's left to do are write 2000 copy-pasted operators for running super legacy apps on OpenShift, it feels like. But even with that in mind, it's not that hard to find. Whatever tech stack you like, there is a company in every industry hiring software engineers to work with that set of tools. There is just so much software in the world, it's strictly a numbers game. And if there's some industry you like that doesn't have the tech stack you want, why not start your own company? You're reading "startup news" after all ;)
- styluss 4y ago
  Link?
  - fasterthanlime 4y ago
    Here it is: https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/1519455555517136902 https://twitter.com/fasterthanlime/status/151945555551713690... (source: am fasterthanlime). No idea what HN's policy is on posting links to Twitter, but since you asked. Also if the consensus here is that that 2020 rant is "unfair and toxic", that twitter thread is not going to go over well either!
    - LandR 4y ago
      I agree with you about Go. I hate it, but we started it using it at work because it's "easy". It's also easy to walk across a busy road without checking but it's still a fucking stupid thing to do.
    - burnished 4y ago
      I quite like your 2020 rant. I also quite like Go. I think you make your points quite well even if I don't feel compelled to feel the same way you do after reading them. A detailed, finnicky, nitpicky critique like this makes for good insightful reading.