@grmpyprogrammer@yac.grumpy-learning.com
Post #3941014
2026-07-19 19:35 UTC
This is not meant to start a nerd fight but I am wanting to know the case for writing “network accessible backend services” in Go/Rust/Zig/Python as opposed to what I would call “web native” in PHP or JavaScript/TypeScript?
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@kboyd@phpc.social 2026-07-19 19:48
@grmpyprogrammer@yac.grumpy-learning.com The only* thing web-native about JS/TS is the fact that it was designed to run in the browser. Python and PHP are backend-native. Go/Rust have the advantage of being fast af due to being compiled rather than runtime-interpreted. I think this also helps people deploy them? I don't know anything about zig. (* needless pedantry; it's still powerful and mostly a fine choice for BE)