1) It doesn't "tie" Go to anything - it uses Chrome for visualization purposes. You can write Go fine without ever touching Chrome. 2) Large parts of the trace

1) It doesn't "tie" Go to anything - it uses Chrome for visualization purposes. You can write Go fine without ever touching Chrome. 2) Large parts of the trace viewer are separate from Chrome: https://github.com/google/trace-viewer/wiki https://github.com/google/trace-viewer/wiki 3) The event format is documented, so you're free to write an alternate viewer: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CvAClvFfyA5R-PhYUmn5OOQtYMH4h6I0nSsKchNAySU/edit https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CvAClvFfyA5R-PhYUmn5OOQt...