Talk ecoCompute - Bölter - Coding Smarter for a Greener Future | A comparison between Go & Java - TLDR;

  • Moritz presents an energy comparsion between an software developed separately in Java (Spring Boot) and Go
  • Software type is an invoicing tool: Effectively a Middleware - rule based tool with external API integrations, Data Validation and Mapping, SMTP
  • Key facts:
    • Go is 3x faster.
    • Go is 6x more sustainable.
    • Go codebase is smaller and simpler.
    • Go saves 75% in infra costs.
    • Go uses 4x less cpu.
    • Go uses 4x less memory

Slides from Moritz’s talk if you want to dive deeper: https://www.eco-compute.io/files/slides_2025/01_Thursday/01_SoHa/04_Boelter_LHIND_MB_Ecocompute_Java_vs_Go.pdf

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