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Websockets - Gorilla only? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I find it kinda odd that github.com/gorilla/websocket, which is deprecated and the repo is in archive mode, is still the most popular library for websockets.

Case in point: go.elara.ws/go-lemmy

I'm not saying this is inherently bad, I just wonder why that is.

I guess the most common last words are "How hard could it be?", but why is nobody rolling their own?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess it's because gorilla/websocket has had a really big mindshare for a very long time. and no project has had time to catch up and/or provide "reliable" hints that they will maintain that new project for a sizeable long time.

"the devil you know" and "the technical debt you know"...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, and unless WS suddenly change, it'll likely keep working for a long time.

The reason I'm skittish is because there might be undiscovered security issues, and it feels like a huge chunk of the community just don't care.