How BuzzFeed Migrated from a Perl Monolith to Go and Python Microservices

[deegles]

https://www.infoq.com/articles/buzzfeed-microservices-migration

[gigatexal]

I think Go will supersede python in a few years time as the more performant language useful for systems programming but also glue code as well. The fact that it builds to a single static binary is huge IMO.

[mixedCase → gigatexal]

> The fact that it builds to a single static binary is huge

What a curious perspective, this is the norm for most popular languages, and less relevant than ever in the age of containers.

[drivebyops → mixedCase]

Not really, C# and java have not historically produced static binaries. Unless using some third party tool.

[gigatexal → mixedCase]

It’s handy for lowering cold boot times in lambda functions.

[adamocha]

What would be the best way to integrate Go for performant pieces in a python codebase? The only things I found online currently offer the use of cgo, which results in even less performant code.

[vgy7ujm → adamocha]

Migrate the code base to Go.

[solarkraft]

You won't believe how this company upgraded their technology stack!