Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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!

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• Ricardo Gerardi – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Mike Riley – Website, GitHub, X
• Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X

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Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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.

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• Wilken Rivera – Website
• Matthew Sanabria – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Jennifer Johnson – LinkedIn
• Paul Balogh – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Hannah W –
• Guillermo Galván –
• Angelica Hill – GitHub, LinkedIn, X

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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.

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• Dylan Bourque – GitHub
• Cassie Coyle – GitHub, X
• Ehden Sinai – GitHub, LinkedIn
• Jacob Hochstetler – GitHub
• Matt Dale – GitHub, Mastodon
• Angelica Hill – GitHub, LinkedIn, X

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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).

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• Kris Brandow – GitHub, X
• Angelica Hill – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X

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Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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.

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• Jamie Tanna – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Kris Brandow – GitHub, X
• Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X

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

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• Carlana Johnson – Website
• Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X

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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!

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• Natalie Pistunovich – GitHub, X

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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!

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• Jesús Espino – GitHub, X
• Natalie Pistunovich – GitHub, X

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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.

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• Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X
• Mat Ryer – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Ian Lopshire – GitHub, X

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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!

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• Ian Lopshire – GitHub, X

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