Zinc Search engine. A lightweight alternative to Elasticsearch written in Go

Re:Zinc Search engine. A lightweight alternative to Elastics... by aliswe on Saturday December 04, 2021 @02:02AM (#29439282)

I wonder why the choice of technology is even relevant? Because of the hype factor?

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Re:Zinc Search engine. A lightweight alternative to Elastics... by kgersen on Saturday December 04, 2021 @05:28AM (#29439966)

A Go project is easy to contribute to. That's a huge factor for an open source project.

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Re:Zinc Search engine. A lightweight alternative to Elastics... by PixyMisa on Saturday December 04, 2021 @05:29AM (#29439969)

It matters for performance and reliability. Go is fine, and means you get a nice standalone binary. Java is fine, but you need Java installed.

If it were written in Node.js or PHP, on the other hand, you'd know to stay ten miles away.

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