I benchmarked my compiled language against Node.js, Go, and Python. 1.34 million requests per second is not a typo.

📰 Dev.to · Nayan Rathod

Benchmark a compiled language against Node.js, Go, and Python to achieve high performance

advanced Published 22 Apr 2026

Action Steps

Choose a benchmarking framework to compare the performance of different languages
Implement a simple web server in each language to test performance
Use tools like Autocannon or Wrk to generate a large number of requests and measure performance
Compare the results and analyze the performance differences between languages
Optimize the code and configuration for each language to achieve the best possible performance

Who Needs to Know This

Software engineers and developers can benefit from this benchmarking to choose the best language for their projects, considering performance as a key factor

Key Insight

💡 Proper benchmarking can reveal significant performance differences between programming languages