Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering How things get done on the Go Team
Jun 12, 2024
Cameron Balahan, Sameer Ajmani, & Russ Cox from the Go Team at Google discuss decision-making processes, future of Go, collaboration, efficient workflow for API dev, responsibilities of the Go Team, excitement about Go 1.23, sustainability in open source projects, and getting involved in the Go community.
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Russ Cox's Go Origin
- Russ Cox's Go journey began with a connection to Rob Pike and Ken Thompson from his internship days at Bell Labs.
- Pike invited Cox to join the Go project during his grad school years, leading to a 16-year involvement.
Sameer Ajmani's Go Journey
- Sameer Ajmani became interested in Go in 2010 after attending Pike’s tutorial and began contributing in his 20% time.
- He later joined the Go team full-time in 2012, focusing on library development within Google.
Go Team's Growth
- Initially, the Go team consisted of Rob Pike, Robert Griesemer, and Ken Thompson, later joined by Russ Cox and Ian Lance Taylor.
- The team expanded to a dozen by Go 1.0's launch in 2012 and grew further with Google Cloud integration.