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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think Go is currently the best choice for a web backend; an objective evaluation of PHP and Go would certainly put Go ahead. If

Yes for performance running code, for performance as in "developer time" PHP is way faster. Go is solid but developer take more time implementing stuff with it. Use PHP for everything business related except for that one or two cases where you really need the performance that Go provides and where it is worth the extra dev time.