September 17, 2020

Community Q&A

1 hour 19 minutes

A community Q&A special. You asked the questions, and we discussed them live on air. A few example questions include “When is it okay to use init?”, “When should we use constructors?”, and “How should Go code be structured?”

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Featuring:

Roberto Clapis – GitHub, X
Peter Bourgon – GitHub, X
Jon Calhoun – Website, GitHub, X
Mat Ryer – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X

Show Notes:

Reddit Q&A Thread

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