Re:If AI writes your code, why use Python?
by clintonb on Wednesday May 13, 2026 @03:50PM
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I don’t have any head-to-head comparisons of the same app written in both languages. I can compare apps with similar functionality: listening to GitHub web hooks vs. Linear web hooks. Both are deployed to Kubernetes.
The GitHub listener written in Go has a CPU limit of 50m, but actual usage of 10m. Memory consumption is around 34MB of a 64MB limit.
The Linear listener written in Typescript consumes around 20m/250m CPU, but 235MB/500MB memory.
The 2x CPU and 9-10x memory consumption is significant, especially as we scale usage or add services.
The GitHub listener written in Go has a CPU limit of 50m, but actual usage of 10m. Memory consumption is around 34MB of a 64MB limit.
The Linear listener written in Typescript consumes around 20m/250m CPU, but 235MB/500MB memory.
The 2x CPU and 9-10x memory consumption is significant, especially as we scale usage or add services.
(Yes, I know we need to do more right-sizing.)