The little known team that keeps Go going (Go Time #198)

Ever wonder how new features get added to the go command? Or where tools like gopls come from? Well, there’s an open team that handles just those things.

Just like the programming language itself, many of the tools that Go engineers use everyday are discussed and developed in the open. In this episode we’ll talk about this team, how it started, where it’s going, and how you can get involved.

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Featuring:

• Daniel Martí – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Paul Jolly – Website, GitHub, X
• Marwan Sulaiman – GitHub, X
• Ian Cottrell – LinkedIn
• Kris Brandow – GitHub, X

Show Notes:

Join us and some old friends LIVE to celebrate episode #200!

• Go Tools Working Group Wiki
• Shared Google Calendar for Tools Working Group monthly meetings
• #tools group on Gopher Slack
• Golang-tools mailing list
• Our episode on SIV and the V2+ problem

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