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Show HN: Write Go code in JavaScript files

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153 points yar-kravtsov | 1 comments | 27 Oct 25 05:36 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source

I built a Vite plugin that lets you write Go code directly in .js files using a "use golang" directive. It compiles to WebAssembly automatically.
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pjmlp ◴[27 Oct 25 08:25 UTC] No.45718527[source]▶
Cool hack, just use JavaScript.
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Cthulhu_ ◴[27 Oct 25 08:41 UTC] No.45718617[source]▶
99 times out of a hundred, sure. But sometimes you need better performance or a library that isn't available in JS.
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1. hollowturtle ◴[27 Oct 25 09:23 UTC] No.45718863[source]▶
Better performance? For javascript code that calls into native platform apis provided by the browser it's been alteady proven that performance is an order of magnitude better than calling into wasm and doing all the sheningans to move bytes from and to wasm