At GopherCon EU Athens 2024, teams compete to guess how Gophers answered questions in the game show Gopher's Say. They guess favorite non-Go programming languages, common tech jobs, and favorite developer tools. Discussion on popular Go development tools, survey results, and game show winners announcement.
Gophers have a diverse set of favorite non-Go programming languages including JavaScript, Rust, Python, and Java.
The first Go function that comes to mind for gophers includes fmt.Println, main, panic, and string.
Some gophers would like to remove features like garbage collection, generics, and go-to keywords from Go.
Deep dives
Favorite Non-Go Programming Languages
The teams played a game called Gophers Say where they had to guess the favorite non-Go programming languages of gophers. Some of the answers included JavaScript, Rust, Python, and Java.
Favorite Go Functions
In this round, the teams had to guess the first Go function that comes to mind for gophers. Answers included fmt.Println, main, panic, and string.
Features to Remove from Go
The teams were asked to name a feature they would remove from Go. Some answers included garbage collection, generics, and go-to keywords.
Alternate Career Choices
Gophers were asked about their preferred career choices if they were not in tech. Some answers included teacher, restaurant owner, doctor, and engineer.
Favorite Dev Tools
The teams had to guess the favorite dev tools of gophers. Answers included GoLand, VS Code, and Vim.
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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