Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering cover image

Long-term code maintenance

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

CHAPTER

Did You Take Over the Code Base?

Oli: I am the longest maintainer of this code base and also before the Python internal tools, for example. Many of them I didn't wrote, but someone else and I took over. And I think right now with Go, I am more familiar with the testing and how to do the write. In Python there was one very, very good engineer, Henin Jakot. He writes software so fast, incredible, but you can also see why later on the code base you see how it's evolving. We have this 20's parameter to function because we need this little heck here as a feature. He works in five minutes. He does it and then you can think about how

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner