Andy Walker

The Go ecosystem has a hoard of tools and editors for Gophers to choose from and it can be difficult to find ones that are a good fit for each individual. In this episode, we discuss what tools and editors we’re using, the ones we wish existed, how we go about finding new ones, and why we sometimes choose to write our own tools. Join the discussionChangelog++ members save 1 minute on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Learn more at fastly.com Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps and databases close to your users. In minutes you can run your Ruby, Go, Node, Deno, Python, or Elixir app (and databases!) all over the world. No ops required. Learn more at fly.io/changelog and check out the speedrun in their docs. Typesense – Lightning fast, globally distributed Search-as-a-Service that runs in memory. You literally can’t get any faster! Featuring:Andy Walker – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XKris Brandow – GitHub, XJon Calhoun – Website, GitHub, XMat Ryer – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XShow Notes: Where we find tools r/sysadmin r/programming Golang Weekly Newsletter Watching screencasts and live streams Collaboration Pop Equipment Time to upgrade your monitor Assorted Reading The Gift of Fear by Gavin DeBecker Procedural Memory XKCD Is It Worth the Time? Ink & Switch The Chatsworth Banana Videos GopherCon 2016: Ivan Danyliuk - Visualizing Concurrency in Go PDE: A different take on editing code Editors VSCode NeoVim GoLand Shell Scripting Charm_ Charm GitHub Organization Charm_ Gum Bubble Tea mvdan/sh script (not mentioned in episode) Terminal Emulators WezTerm kitty warp Build Tools Bazel Task Mage Documentation Tools Dash for macOS pkg.go.dev Terminal Multiplexers tmux Zellij Application Launchers Alfred Raycast Knowledge Tools Notion Obsidian MindNode Bike Outliner Workflowy Muse Miscellaneous Tools The F*ck fzf Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Today we’re talking with Alice Merrick & Andy Walker about building a world-class developer experience. You know it when you see it, things just feel right. But it’s more than just a pleasant UI or lipstick on a pig (which is a saying), it really matters. Join the discussionChangelog++ members get a bonus 5 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today!Sponsors:Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Learn more at fastly.com Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps and databases close to your users. In minutes you can run your Ruby, Go, Node, Deno, Python, or Elixir app (and databases!) all over the world. No ops required. Learn more at fly.io/changelog and check out the speedrun in their docs. Typesense – Lightning fast, globally distributed Search-as-a-Service that runs in memory. You literally can’t get any faster! Changelog News – A podcast+newsletter combo that’s brief, entertaining & always on-point. Subscribe today. Featuring:Alice Merrick – LinkedIn, XAndy Walker – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XMat Ryer – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XKris Brandow – GitHub, XShow Notes: Charm on GitHub Use system fonts Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Andy Walker, an experienced agency owner and founder of Stryker Digital, talks about standing out in a competitive market, building trust with customers, and the backstory and evolution of Striker Digital. He also discusses the motivations for starting an agency in the junk removal industry and the struggles of multi-function software.