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is it worth learning golang? (sh.itjust.works)
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I am a senior java developer in the cloud/distributed arch/ microservice area.

I've touched on golang in the past, but not learnt it in any formal/extensive way.

I see it cropping up in many java/microservice positions, and I'm curious if this is at some point going to overtake java in my area.

The current benchmarks seem to suggest that if autoscaling is key to your services, golang is the way to, well, go.

I looked at the job market and it doesn't yet seem to have taken over, but I'm curious how this is likely to play out over the next decade and if quakus for example is likely to become more competitive against golang. Interestingly, golang specific roles on average pay less than java ones in my area.

Let me know your thoughts or if you have any good articles / content on the subject.

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

I had to containerize an older java app. It sucked, java would take all the memory you gave it regardless, so it was hard to determine memory requirements/limits. It had pretty slow start although this wasn't an issue for us, logging formatting was a pain. All this was overcome (not by upgrading), it was just a pain.

I suspect this isn't true of modern java though - I'd suspect with the hype kubernetes went through a few years ago that it's just fine now a days.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Yeah I wouldn't say a java service taking multiple seconds to boot up being scalable the same way that any other compiled language will be.
    There are also the huge "legacy" frameworks that slow down java, the auto magic and more non features that make maintaining any real world java application a pain.

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