[go-wiki.wiki] push by - Partly duplicate with https://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/wiki/GoUsers b... on 2014-11-20 14:10 GMT

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Revision: 9f9d824f81ab
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Author: gyuh...@gmail.com
Date: Thu Nov 20 14:10:07 2014 UTC
Log: Partly duplicate with
https://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/wiki/GoUsers but it would be good to have
this to tell someone why we use Go
https://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/source/detail?r=9f9d824f81ab&repo=wiki

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/whygo.wiki

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+#labels whygo
+= Introduction =
+
+Here's why: a list of people/organizations tell why they use Go.
+
+This is partly redundant with
https://code.google.com/p/go-wiki/wiki/GoUsers
+
+= Why Go =
+
+ * [http://blog.golang.org/5years Half a decade with Go] by golang.org Blog
+ * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTl0tl9BGdc Why Learn Go] by Rob Pike
(YouTube)
+ * [http://www.infoq.com/presentations/Go-Google Go at Google] by Rob Pike
(YouTube)
+ * [http://talks.golang.org/2012/splash.article Go at Google] by Rob Pike
(Article)
+ * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsTOOPB1TBY 5 things I love] by Andrew
Gerrand (dotGo 2014)
+ * [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-nuts/BNUNbKSypE0/E4qSfpx9qI8J
dl.google.com now served by Go] by Brad Fitzpatrick
+ * [https://golang.org/doc/faq#Is_Google_using_go_internally Is Google
using Go internally?] by golang.org
+ * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KFTacxqkcQ The State of the Gopher]
by Brad Fitzpatrick (dotGo 2014)
+ * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYukPc0y_Ro Software I'm excited
about] by Brad Fitzpatrick (dotScale 2013)
+ * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KFTacxqkcQ I came for the easy
concurrency I stayed for the easy composition] by John Graham-Cumming
(dotGo 2014)
+ *
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/16Y4IsnNRCN43Mx0NZc5YXZLovrHvvLhK_h0KN8woTO4/edit
Go 1.4+ Garbage Collection (GC) Plan and Roadmap] by Richard L. Hudson
+ * [http://dave.cheney.net/2014/06/07/five-things-that-make-go-fast Five
things that make Go fast] by Dave Cheney
+ * [http://dave.cheney.net/2012/09/03/another-go-at-the-next-big-language
Another go at the Next Big Language] by Dave Cheney
+ *
[http://matt-welsh.blogspot.com/2013/08/rewriting-large-production-system-in-go.html
Rewriting a large production system in Go] by Matt Welsh
+ * [http://stevebate.silvrback.com/go-is-boring Go is Boring] by Steve Bate
+ * [http://blog.gopheracademy.com/ Gopher Academy Blog]
+ *
[http://blog.gopheracademy.com/birthday-bash-2014/kubernetes-go-crazy-delicious/
Kubernetes + Go = Crazy Delicious] by Joe Beda
+ * [http://blog.gopheracademy.com/birthday-bash-2014/why-influxdb-uses-go/
Why InfluxDB is written in Go] by Paul Dix
+ * [http://blog.gopheracademy.com/birthday-bash-2014/apcera/ How Continuum
ended up being written in Go] by Derek Collison
+ *
[http://blog.gopheracademy.com/birthday-bash-2014/building-street-address-autocomplete/
Building Street Address Autocomplete with Go] by Matt Holt
+ * [http://www.gophercon.in/blog/ Interview with Gophers] by GopherCon
India
+ *
[http://www.slideshare.net/jpetazzo/docker-and-go-why-did-we-decide-to-write-docker-in-go
Go at Docker]
+ * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qATTTSg6zXk Go at YouTube (Vitess)] by
Sugu Sougoumarane (FOSDEM 2014)
+ * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=midJ6b1LkA0&sns=gp Go at YouTube
(Vitess)] by Sugu Sougoumarane (I/O Bytes 2014)
+ * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yDO-tmIoXY Go at YouTube (Vitess)] by
Sugu Sougoumarane (dotScale 2014 2014)
+ * [https://github.com/facebookgo Go at Facebook]
+ * [https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-nuts/jLnMsUbYwrQ/isfMUvBOkEIJ
Go at Canonical (Juju)] by Dave Cheney
+ * [http://blog.cloudflare.com/go-at-cloudflare/ Go at CloudFlare] by John
Graham-Cumming
+ * [http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/05/google_go/ Go at Heroku]
+ * [http://blog.iron.io/2013/03/how-we-went-from-30-servers-to-2-go.html
Go at Iron.io]
+ *
[http://www.quora.com/Is-Google-Go-ready-for-production-use/answer/Kunal-Anand
Go at BBC]
+ * [https://tech.dropbox.com/2014/07/open-sourcing-our-go-libraries/ Go at
Dropbox]
+ * [https://www.hakkalabs.co/articles/why-we-use-go Go at Apcera] by Derek
Collison
+ * [http://blog.gopheracademy.com/birthday-bash-2014/go-at-fullstory/ Go
at fullstory] by Ian Rose
+ * [https://www.spacemonkey.com/blog/posts/go-space-monkey Go at Space
Monkey]
+ *
[https://blog.splice.com/golang-improved-simplicity-reduced-maintenance/ Go
at Splice] by Matt Aimonetti
+ * [http://blog.runscope.com/posts/go-at-runscope Go at Runscope] by Frank
Stratto
+ * [https://sendgrid.com/blog/convince-company-go-golang/ Go at SendGrid]
by Tim Jenkins
+ * [http://blog.disqus.com/post/51155103801/trying-out-this-go-thing Go at
Disqus] by Matt Robenolt #1
+ *
[http://highscalability.com/blog/2014/5/7/update-on-disqus-its-still-about-realtime-but-go-demolishes.html
Go at Disqus] by Matt Robenolt #2
+ * [http://open.blogs.nytimes.com//2014/07/10/emr-streaming-in-go/?_r=0 Go
at New York Times] by JP Robinson
+ * [https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog/go-at-soundcloud Go at
SoundCloud] by Peter Bourgon
+ *
[http://thenewstack.io/from-node-js-to-go-why-one-startup-made-the-switch/
Go at PopTip] by Alex Williams
+ * [http://blog.toggl.com/2012/09/moving-to-go/ Go at Toggl] by Alari Aho
+ * [http://torbit.com/blog/2013/02/19/big-data-at-torbit/ Go at Torbit] by
Tylor Arndt
+ * [https://twitter.com/tobi/status/245873677483274240 Go at Shopify] by
Tobias Lütke
+ * [http://word.bitly.com/post/29550171827/go-go-gadget Go at Bitly]
+ * [http://blog.golang.org/building-stathat-with-go Go at StatHat] by
Patrick Crosby
+ *
[https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/golang-nuts/MeiTNnGhLg8/discussion
Go at Moovweb] by Hampton Catlin
+ * [https://plus.google.com/114945221884326152379/posts/d1SVaqkRyTL Go at
Novartis] by Don Dwoske
+ *
[http://jordanorelli.com/post/31533769172/why-i-went-from-python-to-go-and-not-node-js
Why I went from Python to Go (and not node.js)] by Jordan Orelli
+ * [https://medium.com/code-adventures/farewell-node-js-4ba9e7f3e52b
Farewell Node.js] by TJ Holowaychuk
+ *
[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12574909/can-go-really-be-that-much-faster-than-python
Can Go really be that much faster than Python?] on StackOverflow
+ * [http://www.slideshare.net/wuvist1/python-to-go Python to Go] by Weng
Wei
+ * [http://tech.t9i.in/2013/01/why-program-in-go/ Why I Program in Go] by
Tahir Hashmi
+ * [http://news.ntppool.org/2012/10/new-dns-server.html DNS Server in Go]
by Ask Bjørn Hansen
+
+
+
+= Benchmarks =
+
+ * [https://medium.com/@tschundeee/express-vs-flask-vs-go-acc0879c2122
Express vs Flask vs Go vs Sparkjava] by Bijan
+ * [http://www.infoq.com/news/2014/05/benchmark-web-framework Comparing
the Performance of Various Web Frameworks] by Abel Avram
+ * [http://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/ TechEmpower Web Framework
Benchmarks]
+
+
+
+= Conference & Meetup =
+
+ * [http://www.dotgo.eu/ dotGo]
+ * [http://www.gophercon.com/ Gophercon]
+ * [http://www.gophercon.in/ Gophercon India]
+ * [http://gothamgo.com/ GothamGo]