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What would you remove from Go? (Go Time #155)

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When we talk about improving a programming language, we often think about what features we would add. Things like generics in Go, async/away in JS, etc. In this episode we take a different approach and talk about what we would remove from Go to make it better.

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    • Featuring:

    • Daniel Martí – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
    • Mat Ryer – GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, X
    • Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X
    • Jon Calhoun – Website, GitHub, X

    Show Notes:

    • Things in Go I Never Use (Mat at Gotham Go)
    • Label Breaks in Go
    • Go tips and tricks: almost everything about imports
    • When Should I Use One Liner if…else Statements in Go?
    • The container/list package
    • Understanding init in Go

      • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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