go podcast() 058: Starting in Go with Yann Bizeul
Jun 3, 2025
Yann Bizeul, a passionate solution engineer and open source developer, shares his journey from graphic arts to the tech industry. He reveals how he discovered Go and its impact on his work developing internal tools. Yann discusses the simplicity and concurrency of Go, emphasizing its advantages over traditional languages. He dives into performance optimization techniques, such as worker pools and managing requests. Additionally, he explores the integration of Go with front-end technologies like React, reflecting on the growing Go community.
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Early Coding Passion
- Yann Bizeul started coding at age 10 on an Apple II using BASIC and always had a passion for scripting and automation.
- Despite starting in graphic arts and printing, his coding urge never left him, influencing his career shift.
Internal Tools Inspired by Needs
- Yann built internal Go projects at NetApp to manage and visualize storage system data.
- Examples include Hopload for file uploading and YB feed for clipboard sharing in constrained environments.
Go Simplifies Deployment
- Use Go for compiled binaries to avoid dependency issues common in Python environments.
- Embedding web assets into a Go binary makes distribution easy and clean.