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> I think the experience of code rot is universal and increases with the amount of dependencies you have. This is true but there's also a factor from the langu

> I think the experience of code rot is universal and increases with the amount of dependencies you have. This is true but there's also a factor from the language/framework in use. Node is especially bad because of it generates huge package dependency trees. Go is especially good because of the large stdlib (which I use to minimize deps in https://github.com/contribsys/faktory https://github.com/contribsys/faktory) and excellent backwards compatibility.

dilap 2y ago
Plus even if you were using lots of deps, the Go code would almost certainly keep working, thanks to minimal version selection and the Go module mirror. (And of course for maximum reliability, could even easily vendor deps with "go mod vendor".)
guappa 2y ago
> Go is especially good because of the large stdlib Come on… compare it with what java and python have.
- dartos 2y ago
  What does Java or Python have in their stdlib that go doesn’t?
  - guappa 2y ago
    Well python has syslog, mmap, just to name a couple of things.
    - dartos 2y ago
      They had mmap, but it was dropped at some point, I guess. They do have syslog though https://pkg.go.dev/log/syslog https://pkg.go.dev/log/syslog
- blizdiddy 2y ago
  Java can't even read/write json without third party libraries. Tell me a single thing that Oracle has added to the standard library. As far as I can tell, more and more of what was once standard is now getting offloaded and trademark-washed with the eclipse and apache foundations.