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No offense, I just don't get it: Why is 1) a feature for you? Everything else on the list kinda makes sense (I understand that this describes something I'd call a feature), but 'written from scratch' or 'in Go'?

Can you explain what excites you about that?

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I listed what I like. "Excites" is your word.

I guess what I meant by "from scratch" is that they aren't burdened by legacy code, and aren't limited to using the Paxos algorithm.

If you look at Deis, for example, it basically outsources a lot of node management to Chef Server, which in my view creates a great deal of technical debt on day one.

> and aren't limited to using the Paxos algorithm

ZK uses the ZAB protocol, which is similar but not the same as Paxos.

https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ZOOKEEPER/Zab+vs...

You read negative connotations into 'excites'. That wasn't intended.

I was just curious, since 'from scratch' can just as well mean 'untested' although I certainly agree that it sometimes is the Right Thing. The reference to Go was another thing that threw me off, since I rarely (admittedly .. sometimes) judge software projects by the language it is written in.

Thank you for the answer and some more references.

Probably the fact that you get a single binary (unlike interpreted languages), and that it isn't a mix of Go and C meaning I worries about c libraries.

Just to note, zookeeper is written in Java.

Yes, I'm aware. I was just answering the question, not to compare it to anything else.

Still, Java still requires another dependency..the JVM. Go binaries require...well nothing.

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