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Discussion on: One Year Using Go

 
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Christophe Meessen

Hi Kataras,

I've seen on the web that you are subject to strong negative publicity for some time now. I also see that Iris is under intense development and well maintained. This is a big PLUS for an open source project, especially if people may want to rely on your software for their business.

Some critics that may have been justified in the past are probably not justified anymore. You may not use FastHttp any more, but I'm confident you used it in the past. This not a critic. It's just to explain that you are probably both right and that no one is lying. But I understand that you have become very defensive.

As I was evaluating Go, I managed to create a web site in a week by using Iris. This was an impressive experience and it definitely convinced me that Go was a real tool to do serious work.

I now see that Iris of today has gone a long way since mid 2016 and what may have been true some months and years ago is not true anymore. So I hope for you that the echoes of old critics fade away and all your efforts to build a great and easy to use web framework will finally pay.

However, the way you handle negative feedback may not have changed enough yet. This is harming your image of a dedicated and awesome developer. Better not respond if you're not sure how to turn the exchange into something positive for you.

I wish you the best.

PS: I'm well aware of the very very hard time Greece people are going true. It's great that you can still live you programming passion and share to the world what you develop.