Fallthrough

By Fallthrough Media

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February 17, 2025Patching Problems with Persnickety Proxies Purveyed by Paternalistic Princes
A recent Ars Technica article outlined a backdoor in the Go Module Mirror. Even though it's framed as a backdoor, and potentially a vulnerability, it's actually an exploit of a design choice designers of the module mirror made. Kris is joined by Matthew, Dylan, and guest host Jamie Tanna, to discuss this vulnerability-but-actually-feature, the implications for the Go community, and the wider reasons why something like this happened. We go on a journey through the history of modules, the Go community, and a whole lot more. We know this is a long one but we're sure you'll love it! Have thoughts? Reach out to us on social media and let us hear them!
Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!
Notes & Links:
Go Module Mirror served backdoor to devs for 3+ years
Go Supply Chain Attack: Malicious Package Exploits Go Module Proxy Caching for Persistence
Abusing Go's infrastructure (from 8:38)
#66653: x/pkgsite: links can point at source code that may not match what is served by the module proxy
openapi.tanna.dev/go/validator (from 22:15)
#44550: proposal: cmd/go: make major versions optional in import paths (from 1:15:56)
Comment from above
SourceHut will (not) blacklist the Go module mirror (from 9:19)

Chapters:
(00:05) - Intro
(01:38) - Introducing Jamie Tanna
(02:21) - The vulnerability that's actually a feature
(04:53) - The Go Module Mirror
(14:02) - Paternalism
(21:14) - What are vanity URLs?
(23:02) - Not just the official Go Module Mirror
(27:58) - Unforgiving Module Proxies
(29:23) - #BringBackGOPATH
(29:36) - Tags are mutable
(33:44) - What does a version mean?
(35:10) - Jamie's Hot Take
(38:20) - The Trails and Tribulations of Modules
(42:03) - It's humans!
(44:40) - How might we fix this?
(49:12) - Is it too easy to fetch dependencies?
(52:25) - Decentralized versus Centralized
(57:24) - A Proxy is not an Origin
(01:03:14) - Can we revalidate?
(01:05:14) - I can't believe it's not SemVer!
(01:06:34) - Analogy Time, featuring The Web!
(01:09:25) - Is this a problem elsewhere?
(01:12:20) - The tooling should be better
(01:16:47) - The Community that was
(01:23:06) - Matthew's Is Go Dead? Perspective
(01:23:59) - Jamie's Is Go Dead? Perspective
(01:25:19) - What does Dead mean?
(01:28:23) - Go should be able to do more
(01:31:22) - Go as an identity
(01:32:33) - Some added nuance
(01:39:18) - A difference in leadership
(01:43:03) - A lack of inclusion
(01:57:34) - Blame the system, not the person
(02:03:00) - Outro

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Dylan Bourque - Host

Matthew Sanabria - Host

Jamie Tanna - Host
Socials:
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Bluesky
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LinkedIn
Instagram
...more
2h 7min
February 10, 2025What's New In Go 1.24?
Go's steady cycle of releasing new versions every six months continues. On this episode, our "What's new in Go?" correspondent (a carry over from Go Time) joins special guest host Johnny Boursiquot to talk about the new features and changes coming in Go 1.24. As always, we've got some great unpopular opinions at the end.
Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!
Notes & Links:
Carlana's Website
Time Is Not A Synchronization Primitive (from 19:04)
sqlc (from 1:05:01)

Chapters:
(00:00) - Intro
(02:20) - Introducing Carlana
(03:29) - What's New In Go 1.24?
(04:02) - package weak
(10:17) - package runtime
(16:55) - testing
(27:37) - package os
(32:28) - go tool
(37:58) - generic type aliases
(41:35) - minor changes
(52:25) - Unpopular Opinions
(52:35) - Carlana's Unpop
(56:36) - Johnny's Unpop
(01:05:43) - Outro

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Producer

Johnny Boursiquot - Host

Carlana Johnson - Guest
Socials:
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Bluesky
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LinkedIn
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...more
1h 7min
February 03, 2025Navigating A Career In Tech
How much do you know about a career in coding? Perhaps you're already a well versed professional software person. Or maybe you're someone who's just starting out. Either way, you're going to need some help along your entire technology career. In this episode, which is part 2 of a 2 part series, the panel is chatting with Chris Allaire to talk about all things tech recruiting! They discuss what makes one a good candidate, why a recruiter is useful, whether recruiting can be replaced with AI, and so much more. As always, we've got some great unpopular opinions at the end.
Thanks for tuning in and happy listening!
Notes & Links:
Averity

Chapters:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:57) - How're we doing?
(01:47) - Introducing Chris Allaire
(03:30) - Retro Tech Recruiting
(08:44) - Recruiting Throughout The Decades
(13:17) - Increasing Specialization. Or Not.
(17:02) - Modern Tech Recruiting
(27:47) - Fearing Automation
(35:45) - What makes a good candidate?
(42:33) - Senior vs Staff: Knowing The Job You want
(47:23) - Starting A Career In Coding
(55:51) - For Those Who Love Tech, But Not Coding
(01:00:57) - How To Choose The Right Company
(01:13:03) - Unpopular Opinions
(01:13:48) - Chris' Unpop
(01:16:10) - Dylan's Unpop
(01:17:43) - Kris' Unpop
(01:20:18) - Ian's Unpop
(01:22:50) - Final Advice: Get A Recruiter (who cares about you)!
(01:25:23) - Outro

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Ian Wester-Lopshire - Host

Dylan Bourque - Host

Chris Allaire - Guest
Socials:
Website
Bluesky
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X/Twitter
LinkedIn
Instagram
...more
1h 26min
January 27, 2025An Exploration of Complexity
Modern software development feels so complex. In this episode, Ian Wester-Lopshire is joined by Kris Brandow, Matthew Sanabria, and Angelica Hill to discuss complexity. They propose hypotheses for the root cause of complexity, explore the ways complexity affects our technology and organizations, and ponder if artificial intelligence can aid us in reducing complexity. As always, we've got some great unpopular opinions at the end.
As always thanks for tuning in and happy listening!
This episode is a pilot for a planned mini-series on complexity. We'd like to explore complexity deeper by having conversations with and interviewing a diverse set of people. Do you have thoughts about complexity, know someone who thinks deeply about this topic, or have something you'd like to add? Reach out to us on social media and let us know!
Notes & Links:
CPU.fm
Changelog & Friends #77

Chapters:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:31) - How are we doing?
(01:24) - Where did complexity come from?
(02:53) - Ian's Hypothesis
(07:00) - Kris' (Hot Take) Hypothesis
(14:38) - FAANG & Engineering Excellence
(19:21) - Do better practices lead to complexity?
(24:02) - The Cloud's enablement of complexity
(24:39) - Some of the complexity is worth it
(26:01) - Systems become more complex over time
(27:33) - Moving Faster & Thinking Less
(31:18) - Accidental complexity
(31:47) - Where else does complexity surface?
(32:03) - Human Organizations & Trading Complexities
(37:46) - Documenting Decisions
(38:20) - Hypoethsis: Bad information organization is the root of complexity
(49:01) - Can AI be our librarian?
(54:39) - Search is not a text box
(55:57) - Machine learning for indexing
(01:00:17) - Can AI write our code?
(01:05:44) - Easy & Hard Learning
(01:12:27) - Hypothesis: mixed and unclear terminology
(01:14:46) - Concise Hyopthesis of Complexity
(01:18:05) - Letters by mail?!
(01:18:56) - Unpopular Opinions
(01:19:14) - Matthew's Unpop
(01:23:10) - Ian's Unpop
(01:28:30) - Kris' Unpop
(01:35:47) - Fallthrough & CPU.fm
(01:37:39) - Complexity Mini-Series
(01:38:26) - Outro

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Ian Wester-Lopshire - Host

Matthew Sanabria - Host

Angelica Hill - Producer
Socials:
Website
Bluesky
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X/Twitter
LinkedIn
Instagram
...more
1h 40min
January 20, 2025Do We Think You Should Learn To Code?
For years we've been told that everyone needs to learn to code. As career software people, what are our thoughts on this? Should you learn to code? Is coding the right career for you? In this first episode of a two part series, the panel discusses how they learned to code, whether they think everyone should learn to code, and of course they offer up some unpopular opinions.
And if you're thinking, "I already know how to code", don't worry, this episode contains valuable advice for you as well.
As always thanks for tuning in and happy listening!
Notes & Links:
Ben Eater's YouTube Channel (from 53:00)
John Carmack's Fast Inverse Square Root (from 1:01:47)
This is actually from Quake, not Doom.
Change Interviews #581 It's Not Always DNS (from 1:04:15)

Chapters:
(00:00) - Intro
(01:33) - How're we doing?
(04:41) - Why did we learn to code?
(06:10) - Why Kris learned to code
(07:44) - Why Ian learned to code
(08:54) - Why Dylan learned to code
(10:36) - Why Matthew learned to code
(14:22) - Computer Assembly Not Required
(16:51) - Tangent: Why Are USB-C Cables?
(17:36) - Should you focus on a specific language?
(22:45) - Do you want to solve problems?
(24:53) - Coding & Woodworking
(27:09) - Curiosity & Itches that need scratching
(31:07) - What do we mean when we say "code"?
(32:34) - You should learn Excel
(39:35) - Coding Is Configuring Computers
(43:32) - Discrete Math, Not Binary
(47:03) - Learn the low level stuff... eventually
(53:42) - The desire to learn
(57:41) - Sidequest: Networking
(01:05:52) - Learning Design & Being Load Bearing
(01:12:10) - Continual Learning
(01:14:33) - What of AI and Automation?
(01:21:49) - Share What You Learn
(01:24:24) - Should You Learn To Code?
(01:24:57) - Teaser: Episode 5 - Is Coding The Career For You?
(01:26:02) - Unpopular Opinions
(01:26:08) - Matthew's Unpop
(01:28:51) - Ian's Unpop
(01:29:29) - Dylan's Unpop
(01:33:52) - Kris' Unpop
(01:36:50) - Tangent: Chopper?
(01:37:27) - Outro

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Ian Wester-Lopshire - Host

Dylan Bourque - Host

Matthew Sanabria - Host
Socials:
Website
Bluesky
Threads
X/Twitter
LinkedIn
Instagram
...more
1h 39min
January 13, 2025The Gems & Warts of Go
Gems are the things we love, and warts are the things we don't. On today's episode, Kris is joined by the hosting panel of Ian, Matt, and Dylan and they are talking about the gems and warts of Go. From defer, to net/http, to vanity URLs, to modules, we cover around 30 topics! To prevent our listeners/viewers from returning an E_TOO_MANY_UNPOPS error, we didn't include the Unpopular Opinions segment (there are plenty throughout the episode). We hope you enjoy this tangent filled episode. Have a gem or wart you agree/disagree with or think we missed a few? Let us know on social media or in the comments!
Thank you so much for listening. Happy listening!
Notes & Links:
Chandler Carruth's CPPcon talk (from 40:44)
Go x/tools/guru (from 43:36)
Since deprecated, however this functionality is included in gopls.
go/analysis (from 47:19)
go/x/tools/cmd/eg (from 1:47:25)
go/x/tools/refactor/eg
eg documentation
Chapters:
(00:00) - Intro
(00:31) - Introductions
(05:07) - Gem#1: net/http
(07:37) - Gem#2: defer (gem)
(09:36) - PEBKAC (tangent)
(11:36) - Gem#3: if err != nil (gem)
(16:09) - Gem#4: testing included (gem)
(19:13) - Gem#5: struct field tags (gem)
(21:57) - Gem#6: reflect & unsafe (gem)
(24:35) - Gem#7: sync/atomic (gem)
(24:54) - Gem#8: io as composeable interfaces (gem)
(25:32) - Gem#9: No inheritance (gem)
(31:20) - Gem#10: Vanity URLs (gem)
(34:33) - Gem#11: single for loop (gem)
(37:08) - Gem#12: pprof (gem)
(38:25) - Gem#13: security by default (gem)
(40:01) - Gem#14: fast compiler times (gem)
(41:16) - Gem#15: go/ast & go/* packages (gem)
(42:05) - Gem#16: implicit interfaces (gem)
(42:38) - Wart#1: implicit interfaces (wart)
(48:37) - Wart#2: slice tricks (wart)
(54:10) - Wart#3: lack of method overloads (wart)
(56:57) - Wart#4: covariance for array parameters (wart)
(59:38) - Wart#5: encoding/json marshalling unexported fields (wart)
(01:01:27) - Wart#6: encoding/json marshalling errors (wart)
(01:02:31) - Wart#7: single letter variable names (wart)
(01:08:45) - Wart#8: iota (wart)
(01:16:09) - Wart#9: map operations (wart)
(01:18:23) - Gem#17: structs as map keys (gem)
(01:20:04) - Wart#10: main function signature (wart)
(01:23:35) - Gem/Wart#1: channels (gem & wart)
(01:30:38) - Wart#11: range loop variables (wart)
(01:34:31) - Wart#12: no standard build system (wart)
(01:38:09) - Wart#13: modules (wart)
(01:53:18) - Outro

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Ian Wester-Lopshire - Host

Dylan Bourque - Host

Matthew Sanabria - Host
Socials:
Website
Bluesky
Threads
X/Twitter
LinkedIn
Instagram
...more
1h 58min
January 06, 2025War Stories
Our experiences are what make us the software people we are today. In this episode, Kris is joined by the hosting panel of Ian, Matt, and Dylan and they're talking war stories. You'll hear tales of coworker frustrations, our own hubris, and plenty of weird software bugs. To close the episode out, Dylan, Ian, and Kris provide some unpopular opinions! Let us know on social media if you think their opinions are unpopular as they seem to think they are!
Thank you so much for listening to our first episode. Happy listening!
(00:00) - Introduction
(00:43) - Talkin' Bout The Rain
(01:39) - Dates, Times, and "Helpful" Platforms
(14:17) - Y2K Flashback
(16:20) - Non-Refreshing Refresh Tokens
(21:53) - TCP, Locks, and Load Balancers
(34:16) - tar != tar
(39:52) - Bonus Story: Too Many Modules
(43:58) - pprof to the rescue!
(47:18) - netcat: the ultimate database backup tool
(49:03) - The Perfect API (In Theory)
(53:30) - Hubris and the ease of ETL
(55:38) - Problems with Proactive Fixes
(58:39) - Unpopular Opinions
(59:00) - Dylan's Unpop
(01:03:08) - Ian's Unpop
(01:09:26) - Kris' Unpop
(01:12:32) - Outro

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Ian Wester-Lopshire - Host

Dylan Bourque - Host

Matthew Sanabria - Host
Socials:
Website
Bluesky
Threads
X/Twitter
LinkedIn
Instagram
...more
1h 14min
December 16, 2024Falling Through: A New Perspective
Welcome to Fallthrough! In our first episode, properly numbered 0, we're discussing what this podcast is and many of the things we hope to discuss on future episodes of the podcast. If you loved Go Time, we hope that you'll love Fallthrough. Happy listening!
(00:00) - Welcome to Fallthrough!
(00:29) - What's in a name?
(01:55) - A New Perspective
(03:33) - Introduction: Ian Wester-Lopshire
(04:02) - Introduction: Matthew Sanabria
(05:43) - Introduction: Dylan Bourque
(06:19) - From the prospective of Go
(06:34) - Prospective Podcast Content: Dylan
(07:46) - Prospective Topic: Other languages from the Go perspective
(13:39) - Prospective Topic: The missing bits from the standard library
(15:17) - Prospective Topic: The "Don't touch that!" parts of Go
(19:04) - Prospective Topic: The No Build movement
(23:21) - Prospective Topic: Removing old Go habits
(23:47) - Prospective Topic: Union, Sum, or Option types
(25:41) - Prospective Topic: Documentation, Code Readability, & Error Planning
(32:16) - Prospective Topic: If, Else, Switch, & Strong Opinions
(36:55) - Podcast format changes
(38:19) - Things we're planning to keep
(38:58) - Opinions of the unpopular variety
(39:29) - Ian's Unpopular Opinion
(40:56) - Matthew's Unpopular Opinion
(43:08) - Dylan's Unpopular Opinion
(45:31) - Kris' Unpopular Opinion
(46:20) - Bonus: A Popular Opinion
(47:06) - Wrap up

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Ian Wester-Lopshire - Host

Dylan Bourque - Host

Matthew Sanabria - Host
Socials:
Website
Bluesky
Threads
X/Twitter
LinkedIn
Instagram
...more
50min
December 03, 2024Falling Through: The Trailer
We're hard at work preparing the first episode of Fallthrough, but in the meantime we put together a short trailer to tease some of that episode's content. Make sure to subscribe so you'll be notified when the first episode ships. Happy listening!
(00:00) - Introduction
(01:09) - Clip 1: The Unsafe & Reflect Packages
(04:03) - Clip 2: Documentation & Errors
(06:04) - Clip 3: Internet Speeds
(07:16) - Outro

Hosts
Kris Brandow - Host

Matthew Sanabria - Host

Dylan Bourque - Host

Ian Wester-Lopshire - Host
Socials:
Website
Bluesky
Threads
X/Twitter
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...more
8min

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