GetStream.io: Why We Switched from Python to Go – codeburst

Switching to a new language is always a big step, especially when only one of your team members has prior experience with that language. Early this year, we switched Stream's primary programming language from Python to Go. This post will explain some of the reasons why we decided to leave Python behind and make the switch to Go. The performance is similar to that of Java or C . For our use case, Go is typically 30 times faster than Python.