Why writing is important

In this episode we talk about various types of writing and how we as Go developers can learn from them. Whether it is planning and preparing to write, communicating with team members, or making our code clearer for future developers to read through style guides.

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Featuring:

• Jon Calhoun – Website, GitHub, X
• Angelica Hill – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X
• Kris Brandow – GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• How language shapes the way we think | Lera Boroditsky
• The Zen of Go - Article by Dave Cheney about how idiomatic Go code
• diagrams.net (formerly draw.io) - A tool mentioned by Johnny
• WebSequenceDiagrams.com - A tool mentioned by Johnny
  -GopherCon 2019: Kris Brandow - The Gopher’s Manual of Style
• Effective Go
• Go Code Review Comments - Common code review comments for Go code

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