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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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liampulles ◴[27 Oct 25 10:22 UTC] No.45719276[source]▶
Just be careful with this backend-code-in-frontend stuff. If it's needed for some computationally expensive logic that is logically client side, then fine. But be wary of letting the client dictate business rules and having open-for-anything APIs (GraphQL is particularly prone to this).

I've seen teams do this in the wild more than once.

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1. rs186 ◴[27 Oct 25 14:26 UTC] No.45721373[source]▶
Well, the "Is this a good idea?" section in the README already addresses the issue.