> If I want a script or numerical code, use Python.
I had the same convention until about a year ago when I started specifying Go for any kind of scripts on a whim.
Now I get blazing fast, dependency-free static binaries with nearly equivalent OS/shell ergonomics as with bash or data processing with Python.
It’s a huge speed boost and being able to drop a binary on a new VM without messing with uv/pip is a breath of fresh air. LLMs hit zero road blocks doing 1:1 ports of existing Python/bash scripts.
Now I get blazing fast, dependency-free static binaries with nearly equivalent OS/shell ergonomics as with bash or data processing with Python.
It’s a huge speed boost and being able to drop a binary on a new VM without messing with uv/pip is a breath of fresh air. LLMs hit zero road blocks doing 1:1 ports of existing Python/bash scripts.