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I can't say Go had the adoption I was hoping for. It did well in the infra community (probably starting with docker) but, among my clients in services, I can t
by jokethrowaway 4y ago
I can't say Go had the adoption I was hoping for.
It did well in the infra community (probably starting with docker) but, among my clients in services, I can think only of one failed startup who bet on Go (and actually failed because they decided to rewrite from node to go).
- al_mandi 4y ago> and actually failed because they decided to rewrite from node to go Interesting. What did golang do so badly that they failed?
- jokethrowaway 4y agoNot a fault of Go, the rewrite just burnt all the time they should have spent improving the product. They had a working node server and decided to reimplement it from scratch. They started missing demos and weren't able to raise more from existing or new investors before they run out of money. I suspect the CTO did it on purpose and was just CV building. Often times the tech choice is not that important, you just need to get something out the door.