Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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Is Go evolving in the wrong direction?

This podcast episode explores various topics related to the Go language, including the addition of generics and iterators, the evolving nature of programming languages, the use of Go for specific tasks like garbage collection and GUI development, the versatility of Go compared to other languages, the importance of tool...

How things get done on the Go Team

This podcast episode explores the journey and growth of the Go Team, the proposal and decision-making process, the workflow of generating SDKs using Speakeasy, the significance of the proposal process and telemetry, the planning process in the Go Team, Go's approach to vulnerabilities, consensus-driven processes, the i...

Your ultimate guide to mastering Go

This podcast episode explores the journey of becoming an author and the process of writing and publishing a comprehensive Go programming book. The author shares their experiences in the tech industry, their motivation for writing the book, and the topics covered, catering to both beginners and industry professionals. T...

Migrating from PHP to Go

What if Google lays off the Go team?

This podcast episode explores various topics including the potential impacts of leadership changes or reduced investment in Go at Google, challenges surrounding forking open-source projects like Terraform, Microsoft's commitment to contributing changes upstream in Go and the benefits of having multiple implementations,...

Go workshops that work

What's new in Go's cryptography libraries: Part 3

Local cert management for mere mortals

This podcast episode explores the importance of having a secure local development environment that accurately reflects the production environment, known as DevProd parity. It discusses the challenges and frustrations associated with certificate management, the benefits of using Notion for knowledge management and colla...

Ship software, not code

This podcast episode explores the use of Go in DevOps and MLOps, as well as the advantages and challenges of using Go for infrastructure as code. It highlights the features of Go that make it a great choice for shipping software and discusses best practices for releasing software securely and efficiently. The episode a...

The magic of a trace

Debugging

This podcast episode covers various topics related to software development, including the use of debuggers, the importance of coding style and readability, the role of logging and metrics in production systems, the optimization of resource usage, the multifaceted nature of debugging and optimization, the impact of AI-p...

Questions from a new Go developer

This podcast episode covers various topics related to Go development, including error handling, dockerizing projects, module management, project structure, ORM tools, concurrency, and time management. The hosts bring on a guest who shares his experience as a new Go developer, and they answer questions that a new Go dev...

Jumping into an existing codebase

This podcast episode explores the various aspects of working with codebases, including understanding and navigating them, best practices for testing and code quality, knowledge management within organizations, the trade-offs between consistency and improvement, implementing large-scale code changes, codebase rewrites, ...

How long until I lose my job to AI?

This podcast episode delves into the impact of AI on the job market, particularly within the field of software development. The speakers discuss the hype surrounding AI and the need to discern genuine advancements from marketing gimmicks. They explore the potential benefits of AI in enhancing productivity and reducing ...

Creating art & visualizations with Go

This podcast episode explores the use of Go for data visualization and its potential in combining art, visualizations, and code. The guest speaker, Anthony Starks, shares his journey into using Go for visualizations and highlights the advantages of working with structs and data representation in Go. He also discusses t...

Foundations of Go performance

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What's new in Go 1.22

This podcast episode explores the new features and changes introduced in Go 1.22, including a simplified syntax for for loops, an experimental change for more flexible looping capabilities, the introduction of iterators, and versioning conventions in packages. It also discusses improvements to the HTTP server's routing...

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