wild_egg
10 hours ago
> This made me realize that Go was always promoted as "do not use frameworks, do not use libraries, use standard library, everything you need is in there".
I've been writing Go since 2012 and have no idea where you picked up this sentiment. The stdlib is there to give you many useful capabilities but it's focus has always been on correctness and flexibility rather than performance.
If performance is your concern, it's always been recommended to reach for other libraries that share that focus.
There's plenty to dislike about the direction Go is moving but stdlib performance isn't one of them. Just find a package that suits you better.
st3fan
8 hours ago
> I've been writing Go since 2012 and have no idea where you picked up this sentiment.
It is taken to extremes on the Gophers Slack.
indulona
8 hours ago
true. but slack is also quite dead. discord seems to be more active.
indulona
8 hours ago
i have been coding exclusively in Go for 5-6 years and it was never not the case. So you might have some remaining bias if you started in 2012 when things might have been different.