--- title: Why is Go overtaking Node.js? | daily.dev description: Go is able to solve a lot of problems ranging from system, big data, machine learning, video editing and audio. Go has the same performance as C because it... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-is-go-overtaking-node-js--eh6fyzecl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why is Go overtaking Node.js? | daily.dev og:description: Go is able to solve a lot of problems ranging from system, big data, machine learning, video editing and audio. Go has the same performance as C because it... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/why-is-go-overtaking-node-js--eh6fyzecl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/eH6FYzecl.png og:image:alt: Why is Go overtaking Node.js? og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Why is Go overtaking Node.js? **[LogRocket](https://daily.dev/sources/logrocket)** · 7 min read · 19 upvotes · 2 comments ## Summary Go is able to solve a lot of problems ranging from system, big data, machine learning, video editing and audio. Go has the same performance as C because it actually compiles to machine code and doesn’t need a virtual machine or interpreter. Node.js has a weakness that makes it less scalable on the single-threaded side. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@logico** · 2 upvotes > Good article, but biased. Take it with a grain of salt. **@covidium** · 1 upvotes > Comparing apples with pears. Both fruits, both very tasty but with different characteristics --- Tags: [#general-programming](https://daily.dev/tags/general-programming), [#nodejs](https://daily.dev/tags/nodejs) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-is-go-overtaking-node-js--eh6fyzecl) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why is Go overtaking Node.js?","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-is-go-overtaking-node-js--eh6fyzecl","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-is-go-overtaking-node-js--eh6fyzecl"},"datePublished":"2020-12-09T19:42:38.619Z","dateModified":"2021-10-07T14:17:10.317Z","description":"Go is able to solve a lot of problems ranging from system, big data, machine learning, video editing and audio. 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