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A standard library for microservices.

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2017	2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	5	1	4
2018	2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	3	1	2
2019	2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
2020	2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
2021	2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
2022	2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2	0	2

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esprehn·Sep 30, 2022

Many similar projects are listed here: https://github.com/go-kit/kit#related-projects go-micro seems like it does a bit too much, like service discovery and balancing within the framework when that's likely better handled by an Envoy/Istio.

In Go Micro: a standard library for distributed systems development

maerF0x0·Sep 30, 2022

see also: https://github.com/go-kit/kit Or see also: https://medium.com/code-zen/why-i-don-t-use-go-web-framework... (or any of the dozens of blogs of people indicating why you dont need a framework for go)

In Go Micro: a standard library for distributed systems development

itake·Apr 14, 2021

Any ideas how this compares with [go-kit](https://github.com/go-kit/kit)? I like how go-kit's transport not just JSON and HTTP (e.g. gRPC and protobufs are supported).

In Show HN: Encore – Go framework for building distributed systems

kakkoyun·Nov 17, 2020

According to my experience go-kit logger is the best https://github.com/go-kit/kit/tree/master/log. Simple and efficient.

In Any recommendation for structured logging library in Golang?

tiri·Oct 9, 2018Submission

Ask HN: Golang Microservices. Best Practice?

I have to build a REST mircoservice in Golang. Where should I start? What do you thing about the go-kit example? https://github.com/go-kit/kit/tree/master/examples/shipping

2 points · Open discussion

programd·Sep 7, 2018

On the Go side take a look at go-kit https://github.com/go-kit/kit You can get a lot of boilerplate out of the box, and it's not hard to extend it with more sophisticated features like custom server timeouts. The New York Times has a nice set of Go microservice frameworks with simple server boilerplate also: https://github.com/NYTimes/gizmo

In Ask HN: Git repositories to learn how to develop microservices on k8s

swah·Jul 27, 2018

I'd say: assume nothing has changed. Take a look at the active projects in your area of interest. A few ones: https://echo.labstack.com https://github.com/go-kit/kit Web glue frequently recommended around here: https://github.com/go-chi/chi Github pages like https://github.com/avelino/awesome-go have become a good starting point for finding interesting projects.

In Russ Cox on Go dependency management

xk0nsid·Nov 28, 2017Submission

Ask HN: Good Microservice framework/toolkit for golang

I'm trying to convince my management to switch to microservices for which I need a POC (Proof of Concept) of the same. I need a good starting point to build microservices using Golang. I've come across 3 of the same during my searches but I'm not sure which one should I choose: 1. Go-Kit (https://github.com/go-kit/kit) 2. Kite (https://github.com/koding/kite) 3. Go Micro (https://github.com/micro/go-micro) I'm really interested in experiences of others with the above frameworks/toolkits. I know about gRPC and ProtoBuf but I believe it's a bit cumbersome to integrate with other systems especially for beginners. Here are a couple of things that I need: 1. Simple integration with other systems 2. Simple Development process 3. Kubernetes Deployment Also, I would like to know what type of development and deployment process do you use. For e.g

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should I be using a build system like bazel, pants etc or are there other ways to achieve the same. I don't have any experience in the area of microservices (at least professionally). Any pointers and personal experiences will really help in making correct decisions. PS: Currently we use PHP in an almost monolith type of system.

5 points · Open discussion

gnahckire·Sep 7, 2017

Currently using gokit: https://github.com/go-kit/kit Really nice interface for adding tracing, middleware/finalizer logging/metrics, circuit-breakers, etc to your application.

In Ask HN: What Go framework for web API are you using in production?

Stoids·Jun 1, 2017

Sqlx and go-kit are two libraries that helped while learning Go. Sqlx helped me understand the value of Go's implicit interfaces/package level structure, while go-kit helped me better understand good project structure. https://github.com/jmoiron/sqlx https://github.com/go-kit/kit

In Ask HN: Good Go codebases to read?

beliu·Jun 1, 2017

Humble suggestion / shameless plug: try using Sourcegraph to read through some of the excellent codebases mentioned in other posts. This is basically our prime use case (I'm one of the creators): reading through and understanding code structure with jump-to-def / find-refs / symbol search in your browser. I'd suggest starting with the main function and tracing through the static structure of the codebase from there: https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/golang/go/-/blob/src/net/... https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/mholt/caddy@master/-/blob... https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/btcsuite/btcd@master/-/bl... https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/camlistore/camlistore@mas... https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/boltdb/bolt@master/-/blob... https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/go-kit/kit/-/blob/example...

In Ask HN: Good Go codebases to read?

sagichmal·Jun 1, 2017

HashiCorp put out good stuff. CoreOS can be hit or miss; Torus was nice, etcd is a wreck. I like https://github.com/go-kit/kit and https://github.com/oklog/oklog. Definitely avoid Kubernetes and Docker -- they're Go by committee, look and feel like transliterated Java.

In Ask HN: Good Go codebases to read?

zalmoxes·Jun 12, 2016

The go-kit project has a couple other examples for how to handle errors and http status code. https://github.com/go-kit/kit/blob/master/examples/shipping/... and more recently https://github.com/go-kit/kit/blob/master/examples/addsvc/tr...

In Go stack traces and the errors package

tonyhb·Mar 21, 2016

Why did you decide to create micro and go-platform instead of contributing to go-kit (https://github.com/go-kit/kit)?

In Show HN: Micro – a microservice toolkit

m_sahaf·Mar 1, 2016

I think this is heading towards what you're looking for: https://github.com/go-kit/kit

In Microservices with Go, go-microservice-template and Minke