The Kubernetes codebase would probably be a lot less complicated, if Go the lang...

ex_amazon_sde · on Feb 23, 2020

If anything, Kubernetes is a good example of where Go should not be used.

pjmlp · on Feb 23, 2020

They were going to use Java, but it was deemed too complex and there was strong pro-Go advocacy to move the prototype away from Java into Go.

https://changelog.com/gotime/105

https://archive.fosdem.org/2019/schedule/event/kubernetesclu...

aganame · on Feb 23, 2020

Kubernetes beat Mesos/Marathon, which is written on Scala. I don't think that's just a coincidence.

pjmlp · on Feb 23, 2020

Failure of a project's adoption usually traces back to people and management, not technology.

monocasa · on Feb 23, 2020

I think that has more to do with the fact the k8s devs had a complete implementation of the the same product (Google's Borg) as reference. Mesos/Marathon only had a couple 10 page journal articles to look at and a ton of on the ground decisions to make and quantify the choices of.

mroche · on Feb 24, 2020

I’ve heard the statements that the Go stdlib and Kubernetes are not good examples of Go code, but I’ve never seen someone say that it’s not a good use case for Go. Would you mind elaborating on that assessment?