FROM PYTHON TO GO: WHY WE REWROTE OUR INGEST PIPELINE AT TELEMETRY HARBOR

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At Telemetry Harbor, the team initially chose Python FastAPI for their time-series data ingestion pipeline to prioritize rapid prototyping and market validation, but as their user base grew, they encountered severe performance bottlenecks with CPU usage spiking to 800% and system crashes under moderate loads. After careful evaluation between Rust and Go, they decided to rewrite their core ingest system in Go due to its balance of performance, simplicity, and easier learning curve compared to Rust's steep complexity.