[pebers]

When I mentioned speed, I obviously wasn't ruling out C++ on that basis - but I would rule out Python or Node. Java is fast enough when going but the awkwardness of needing a JVM plus abysmal runtime memory usage make it pretty unattractive to me, especially for the k8s agents where the resource needs have to be subtracted from total node size.

I've not found Go difficult to navigate because of repetition. Quite the reverse really - it's easy to reason about where everything comes from and (usually) easy to work out how everything connects together. I would take that any day over a large Java codebase with the usual obfuscations of dependency injection, or a Python or C++ codebase where somebody has tried to be "clever".

[jacques_chester]

You are focused on good Golang vs bad Java.

People have also written bad Golang and good Java.

The difference for me is: given the choice between good Java and good Golang, I'd take Java. I don't have acres of stuff in my damn way.