Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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.

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Featuring:

• Felix Geisendörfer – Website, GitHub, X
• Michael Knyszek – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
• Natalie Pistunovich – GitHub, X

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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.

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• Matthew Boyle – Website, GitHub, X
• Bill Kennedy – Website, GitHub, X
• Jon Calhoun – Website, GitHub, X

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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.

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• Duarte O.C⚡️ – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X
• Ian Lopshire – GitHub, X

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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.

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• Ian Lopshire – GitHub, X
• Kris Brandow – GitHub, X
• Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X
• Jon Calhoun – Website, GitHub, X

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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.

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Featuring:

• Kent Quirk – GitHub, Mastodon, X
• Sharon DiOrio – X
• Steven Pyle – LinkedIn
• Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X

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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.

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• Anthony Starks – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Angelica Hill – GitHub, LinkedIn, X

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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.

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• Miriah Peterson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Bryan Boreham – X
• Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X
• Ian Lopshire – GitHub, X

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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!

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• Wiktor Jurkiewicz – GitHub, LinkedIn
• Diana Shevchenko – GitHub, LinkedIn
• Grzegorz Brzezinka – GitHub, LinkedIn
• Valentin Michaluk – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Andrii Raikov – GitHub, LinkedIn
• Llewellyn Strydom – LinkedIn
• Mat Ryer – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X

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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.

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

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Angelica 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!

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• Neil S Primmer – GitHub, LinkedIn
• Benji Vesterby – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Angelica Hill – GitHub, LinkedIn, X

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