Grokking Go.dev (Go Time #115)

Carmen, Mat, and Jon are joined by Steve Francia and Julie Qiu to discuss the new Go.dev website. What was the motivation behind it? What technology was used to build it? How are they working to make package discovery better? And what resources are there to help you convince your manager to use Go on that upcoming project?

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Featuring:

• Julie Qiu – GitHub, X
• Steve Francia – GitHub, X
• Carmen Andoh – GitHub, X
• Mat Ryer – GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, X
• Jon Calhoun – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• go.dev - A new hub for Go devs created by the Go team
• pkg.go.dev - The package discovery portion of Go.dev
• “Imported By” example - An example of a package and its imports on Go.dev
• go-discovery-feedback@google.com - Feedback email address
• go-licenses - A tool to check go package licenses

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!