They make some cogent points about Zookeeper, but is javaphobia really a valid concern here? Yes, you have to install a JVM, and Oracle doesn't make that as friendly as it could be. But in my experience ZK doesn't bring along "a ton of dependencies". Likewise, I'm skeptical that the performance of Java v. Go in this case makes a huge difference: you're only spinning the JVM once, at startup.
Maybe I'm too technically conservative, but it seems like the advantages of Zookeeper's maturity and support base outweigh the ickiness of Java and the whizbang factor of Go. Complaining about the politics of the ASF doesn't really factor in; they're still much more likely to be around in 10 months
Maybe I'm too technically conservative, but it seems like the advantages of Zookeeper's maturity and support base outweigh the ickiness of Java and the whizbang factor of Go. Complaining about the politics of the ASF doesn't really factor in; they're still much more likely to be around in 10 months