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Comment by remyrylan | Hacker News Reader

Worth noting, this is from the creator of Node.js, Ryan Dahl (not me - just sharing). The project is in very early stages, but considering it's from Ryan... it's definitely a project to keep an eye on.

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Not exactly sure why you would want to provide JavaScript scripting for Go. Go has different concurrency primitives and a different threading model, and that threading model is one of the biggest selling points of Go.

I highly doubt this would be "the next node", if that is the intention. If you want to use Go, just use Go.

You can use it as a scripting language for your app. For example, a go binary with customizable hooks scripted in JS. That way anyone who knows JS can customize the binary for their specific use case.

Like openresty/Nginx with Lua integration. JavaScript is way more popular than Lua, so this have wide possibilities..

I thought the whole point of Show HN was for the creator to post their own project so that we can then talk to them about it.

It doesn't make sense to create Show HN for any ol project.

Is that the case? I thought it might have been, but then took a gander at the "Show" tab and noticed other people were clearly submitting stuff with the [Show HN] prefix when they weren't the original author.

Apologies if I screwed up. Definitely not trying to take credit for Ryan's work.

I'm pretty sure it is for showing your own work, but I wouldn't worry about it. The "Show" label is relatively minor, and this is certainly an interesting project to share!

There's a link to the rules/guidelines at the top of the "show" page:

https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

> Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with. HN users can try it out, give you feedback, and ask questions in the thread.

Thanks for the explanation, won't make the same mistake twice, this was my first submission ever on HN.

Show HN's definitely have a prestige because we think it's the author's debut of the project, feel like we're helping out a community member, and expect them to be fielding answers in the comments.

Else everything is a Show HN. Like Show HN: Google's new privacy policy. ;)

Yep, that's definitely the case. It's not the end of the world, but, generally, don't use "Show HN" to highlight work that isn't yours.

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