Golang for DevOps

Why it makes sense to learn Golang at least at a basic level:

In various materials, you might find references to Python as a language for automating administrative tasks. This is generally true, but Go has several advantages, which is why most modern DevOps tools are written in it.

✅ Ease of Deployment

You don't need to rely on the presence of a Python interpreter and dependent libraries on the target system for your program to work. All you need is to build an executable file for the target architecture and OS using go build.

✅ Static Typing

Many errors can be caught at the build stage, which significantly increases the reliability of the program. In Python, you can also specify types, but you don't have to =)

✅ Performance

Go is simply faster than interpreted languages like Python or Ruby. That's a fact. It also consumes less memory. Thanks to built-in support for concurrency from the first release, writing asynchronous code and running tasks in multiple threads is quite simple and fast.

✅ Standard Library

For most of your tasks, you will find a solution in Go's standard library. It is top-notch. But there is always the option to connect third-party solutions, of which there are also many.

Overall, the ecosystem and number of Go language users, although smaller than Python, are still very large. No wonder these well-known projects are written in Go: Kubernetes, Terraform (and most HashiCorp products), Docker, MinIO, Hugo, Restic, Grafana, Prometheus, and many others.