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A diverse panel and special guests discuss cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, microservices, Kubernetes, Docker…oh and also Go! Panelists include Mat Ryer, Ashley McNamara, Johnny Boursiquot, Carmen Andoh, Jaana B. Dogan (JBD), Mark Bates, and Jon Calhoun. This show records LIVE every Tues…

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    • Dec 18, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Go Time podcast is a highly recommended listen for both experienced developers and novices interested in the world of Go programming. The hosts are not only entertaining, but also knowledgeable and provide valuable insights into various topics related to Go development.

    One of the best aspects of this podcast is that it covers a wide range of subjects relevant to software developers, not just those who specifically work with Go. The discussions touch on everything from coding processes to language specifications, making it informative and relatable for developers working with different programming languages. Additionally, the show features a variety of guests from the Gopher community, providing different perspectives and insights into the world of Go development.

    However, one potential downside of this podcast is that it may not be the best introduction to Go programming for complete beginners. While the conversations are engaging and informative, they assume some level of familiarity with Go and its concepts. This may be overwhelming for those new to the language who are looking for a more beginner-friendly introduction.

    In conclusion, The Go Time podcast is an excellent resource for experienced developers looking to expand their knowledge in Go programming or gain insights from industry experts. Despite not being the most beginner-friendly podcast for those new to Go, its entertaining hosts and diverse range of topics make it a must-listen for anyone interested in software development.



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    That's Go Time!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 87:48


    Mat gathers the entire cast (sans Natalie, sadly) alongside our producer, Jerod Santo, for one last Go Time. That's right, this is Go Time's finale episode. After eight years and 340 episodes, we are going out on top. Join us one last time, you won't regret it! We share our feelings, reminisce on the good times, list some of our favorite moments & share a few opinions, which may (or may not) be unpopular.

    Pitching Go in 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 61:16


    With so many great programming languages having emerged in the last decade, many of them purpose-built, when and where does Go still make sense and how do you make the case for it at work?

    Unpop roundup! 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2024 38:01


    Go Time producer, Jerod Santo, ranks & reviews the most (un)popular opinions of 2023.

    Crawl, walk & run your way to usable CLIs in Go

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 57:47


    With the number of libraries available to Go developers these days, you'd think building a CLI app was now a trivial matter. But like many things in software development, it depends. In this episode, we explore the challenges that arose during one team's journey towards a production-ready CLI.

    Writing a shell in Go

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 65:22


    Writing a shell is rarely the kind of project you take on lightly. In this episode, Johnny is joined by Qi Xiao to explore how to go about such a feat in Go.

    AI for Observability

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2024 69:22


    Yasir Ekinci joins Johnny & Mat to talk about how virtually every Observability vendor is rushing to add Generative AI capabilities to their products and what that entails from both a development and usability perspective.

    Unpop roundup

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 37:59


    The last time we did a roundup of our unpopular opinion polls, it was November of 2021! That's too long ago, so today we fix that bug. Join Go Time producer, Jerod Santo, as he ranks & reviews the most (un)popular opinions of 2022.

    Russ Cox on passing the torch

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2024 69:27


    In this episode, we will be talking to Russ Cox, who joined the Go team at Google in 2008 and has been the Go project tech lead since 2012, about stepping back & handing over the reins to Austin Clements, who will also join us! We also have Cherry Mui, who is stepping into Austin's previous role as tech lead of the “Go core”.

    "Founder Mode" at work when you're not a founder

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2024 56:20


    Tech twitter ("tech X"?) is abuzz with Paul Graham's Founder Mode essay. How does that affect you or come into play when you're not a founder? Does it matter at all to you, your projects & your code?

    How I lost my (old) job to AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 78:24


    In this follow-up to episode #306, "How soon until AI takes my job?", the gang of (grumpy?) veteran software engineers candidly chat about how their day to day is changing in the midst of improving AI tooling & hype.

    Home automation with Go

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2024 57:09


    Join Johnny as he dives into the world of home automation with Ricardo Gerardi & Mike Riley, two tinkerers who've taken the plunge with Go. We explore the challenges (and the fun) they encounter along the way. If you're interested in automating your home (or working with micro controllers) come learn how to get started!

    The community of gophers

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 69:39


    On this episode, Angelica is joined by Go community leaders from around the world: meetup organizers from Guadalajara, St. Louis, New York & Go Bridge Atlanta. Together, they explore the ins & outs of organizing meetups, the benefits of attending, the Go Developer Network (GDN) & the current state of the Go Meetup community.

    ⚡ Lightning Talk life ⚡

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 72:23


    This episode focuses on the art of delivering concise Lightning Talks, a popular format at conferences worldwide where speakers present in a short timeframe. Joined by some of this year's GopherCon Lightning Talkers, we'll discuss their experiences, challenges & tips for effective communication within a limited time.

    Big shoes to fill

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 66:05


    Kris, Angelica & Johnny react to the recently announced Go team changes, discuss the finding that 80% of developers surveyed by Stack Overflow are unhappy & disagree about the concept of tech debt (but agree that something's gotta give).

    OpenAPI & API Design

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2024 74:12


    We're talking OpenAPI this week! Kris & Johnny are joined by Jamie Tanna, one of the maintainers of oapi-codegen, to discuss OpenAPI, API design philosophies, versioning, and open source maintenance and sustainability. In addition to the usual laughs and unpopular opinions, this week's episode includes a Changelog++ section that you don't want to miss.

    What's new in Go 1.23

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2024 66:55


    We check out the upcoming 1.23 release for new language features and improvements, including iterator functions and supporting packages.

    Aha moments reading Go's source: Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 48:24


    Jesús Espino from Mattermost tells Natalie all about (the final four of) his 10 “aha moments” he had reading the Go source code. Don't miss Part 1!

    Aha moments reading Go's source: Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2024 46:36


    Jesús Espino from Mattermost tells Natalie all about (the first six of) his 10 "aha moments" he had reading the Go source code. Part 2 (with the rest of his aha moments) coming soon!

    How Mat writes HTTP services in Go

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 9, 2024 71:07


    Mat Ryer has been writing HTTP services in Go for more than 13 years. Needless to say, he's learned a lot along the way. Today, Johnny & Ian sit down with Mat to ask him all about it.

    Dependencies are dangerous

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2024 63:37


    Dependencies! We need them, but how do we use them effectively and safely? In this week's episode Kris is joined by Ian and Johnny to discuss the polyfill.io supply chain attack, the history of dependency management and usage in Go, and the Go Proverb that “a little copying is better than a little dependency”. Of course, we wrap up the episode with some Unpopular Opinions!

    Gophers Say! GopherCon EU Berlin 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2024 41:00


    Our award winning worthy survey game show is back, this time Mat Ryer hosts it live on stage at GopherCon EU Berlin 2024! Join in & play along as we see which team can better guess what these GopherCon gophers had to say!

    Is Go evolving in the wrong direction?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 73:49


    This week we're catching up on the news! Kris is joined by Ian to discuss some of the recent news from around the Go community. Listen in to hear whether the co-hosts believe there's software that shouldn't be written in Go, their thoughts on if Go is evolving in the right direction & whether common nouns make good package names.

    How things get done on the Go Team

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 63:12


    Angelica is joined by Cameron Balahan, Sameer Ajmani & Russ Cox from the Go Team at Google to talk about how things get done on the Go Team, how do they decide what to improve and then how do they go about improving it. We also discuss how they decide what to work when & what the future of Go might look like.

    Your ultimate guide to mastering Go

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 62:53


    Angelica is joined by Samantha Coyle to talk about her newly published textbook: Go Programming - From Beginner to Professional. This book serves as a go-to guide to master Go for real-world software dev success covering fundamentals to advanced topics.

    Migrating from PHP to Go

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 59:38


    Based on their experience in Curve and Cloudflare, Matthew Boyle & Chris Shepherd share their experience migrating from PHP to Go.

    What if Google lays off the Go team?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 72:46


    In this week's episode we're talking about the news! In this laugh-filled episode, Kris is joined by Ian & Johnny to discuss the future of Go, both the Go team itself and iterations of packages within the standard library; Microsoft creating a Go blog & a Go fork; and SQLite and Go.

    Go workshops that work

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2024 86:26


    What makes a good, bad, and truly great workshop? How do you put together a Go workshop that works, and how do you get the most out of workshops you attend?

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

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2024 67:59


    The 3 Musketeers return! Filippo Valsorda, Roland Shoemaker & Nicola Murino continue their deep-dive conversation with Natalie about Go's crypto libraries. Also listen to Part 1 and Part 2!

    Local cert management for mere mortals

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2024 47:46


    In this episode, Ben Burkert & Chris Stolt join Johhny to explore the ups & downs of trying to get secure local development environments set up, why it's hard & what you can do about it.

    Ship software, not code

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 43:43


    Natalie is joined by Carlos Becker (a Brazil-based software developer who maintains GoReleaser and other OSS software) to discuss how GOOS and GOARCH spark joy.

    The magic of a trace

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 49:24


    Felix Geisendörfer & Michael Knyszek join Natalie to discuss Go execution traces: why they're awesome, common use cases, how they've gotten better of late & more.

    Debugging

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2024 70:44


    In this episode Matt, Bill & Jon discuss various debugging techniques for use in both production and development. Bill explains why he doesn't like his developers to use the debugger and how he prefers to only use techniques available in production. Matt expresses a few counterpoints based on his different experiences, and then the group goes over some techniques for debugging in production.

    Questions from a new Go developer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 69:45


    In this episode we answer any/all questions from a new Go developer. Features, best practices, quirks of the language… it's all on the table for discussion.

    Jumping into an existing codebase

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2024 87:19


    Jumping into a codebase you're unfamiliar with can be challenging. Are there better & worse ways to go about it? In this episode, Ian gathers a panel (Johnny, Kris & Jon) to discuss the ins & outs of familiarizing yourself with an existing codebase.

    How long until I lose my job to AI?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 76:18


    We're all thinking about it and wondering if our job is safe from AI. Maybe. Maybe not. In this episode Johnny Boursiquot is joined some industry veterans who have been through multiple innovation cycles to share their insights and advice on this subject.

    Creating art & visualizations with Go

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 27, 2024 58:44


    Angelica is joined by the wonderful Anthony Starks to discuss creative coding to create art & visualizations with Go. Anthony is an independent developer/designer interested in data visualization, generative art, building tools & combining art + code.

    Foundations of Go performance

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2024 60:06


    In the first of a multi-part series, Ian & Johnny are joined by Miriah Peterson & Bryan Boreham to peel back the first layer of the things that matter when it comes to the performance of your Go programs.

    Gophers Say! GopherCon EU Athens 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2024 28:47


    Our award winning worthy survey game show is back, this time Mat Ryer hosts it live on stage at GopherCon EU Athens 2024! Join in & play along as we see which team can better guess what these GopherCon gophers had to say!

    What's new in Go 1.22

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 63:56


    Our “what's new in Go” correspondent, Carlana Johnson, joins Johnny & Ian to discuss what's new with the latest iteration of Go in version 1.22.

    Go Capture the Flag!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2024 58:56


    Angellica is joined by Neil S Primmer & Benji Vesterby to share their experience organizing “Capture the Flag” at GopherCon 2023. CTF events involve teams vying for supremacy as they strive to gather digital flags (presented as strings) and successfully submit them to the competition organizers. In essence, it's a thrilling “scavenger hunt for nerds.” Join us as we unravel the intricacies and excitement of this unique gaming experience!

    300 multiple choices

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2024 111:19


    Over the past 8 years, Go Time has published 300 episodes! In this episode, the panel discusses which ones they loved the most, some current stuff that's in the works, what struggles the podcast has had & what we're planning for the future.

    All about Kafka

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2024 85:47


    In this episode Matt joins Kris & Jon to discuss Kafka. During their discussion they cover topics like what problems Kafka helps solve, when a company should start considering Kafka, how throwing tech like Kafka at a problem won't fix everything if there are underlying issues, complexities of using Kafka, managing payload schemas, and more.

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