Fallthrough

Dive into the fascinating world of Go programming where the hosts uncover both its gems and warts! Discover the strengths of net/http, the quirks of defer, and the robust handling of errors as values. They highlight testing built into the language and the power of Go's composition over inheritance. Tackle the challenges of URL management and the magic of struct field tags. The conversation is peppered with humor and personal anecdotes that make learning about Go's complexities both entertaining and insightful!

Dive into the wild world of tech war stories as the hosts share hilarious tales of coworker annoyances and absurd software bugs. From time zone debacles to deciphering API authentication woes, their experiences are both relatable and eye-opening. Discover how symbolic links can turn into security headaches and why different command implementations can lead to chaos. They wrap things up with some eye-catching unpopular opinions that spark lively debate. Prepare for some laughs and insightful reflections on the tech journey!

Welcome to Fallthrough! In our first episode, properly numbered 0, we're discussing what this podcast is and many of the things we hope to discuss on future episodes of the podcast. If you loved Go Time, we hope that you'll love Fallthrough. Happy listening!(00:00) - Welcome to Fallthrough! (00:29) - What's in a name? (01:55) - A New Perspective (03:33) - Introduction: Ian Wester-Lopshire (04:02) - Introduction: Matthew Sanabria (05:43) - Introduction: Dylan Bourque (06:19) - From the prospective of Go (06:34) - Prospective Podcast Content: Dylan (07:46) - Prospective Topic: Other languages from the Go perspective (13:39) - Prospective Topic: The missing bits from the standard library (15:17) - Prospective Topic: The "Don't touch that!" parts of Go (19:04) - Prospective Topic: The No Build movement (23:21) - Prospective Topic: Removing old Go habits (23:47) - Prospective Topic: Union, Sum, or Option types (25:41) - Prospective Topic: Documentation, Code Readability, & Error Planning (32:16) - Prospective Topic: If, Else, Switch, & Strong Opinions (36:55) - Podcast format changes (38:19) - Things we're planning to keep (38:58) - Opinions of the unpopular variety (39:29) - Ian's Unpopular Opinion (40:56) - Matthew's Unpopular Opinion (43:08) - Dylan's Unpopular Opinion (45:31) - Kris' Unpopular Opinion (46:20) - Bonus: A Popular Opinion (47:06) - Wrap up Hosts Kris Brandow - Host Ian Wester-Lopshire - Host Dylan Bourque - Host Matthew Sanabria - Host Socials:WebsiteBlueskyThreadsX/TwitterLinkedInInstagram

We're hard at work preparing the first episode of Fallthrough, but in the meantime we put together a short trailer to tease some of that episode's content. Make sure to subscribe so you'll be notified when the first episode ships. Happy listening!(00:00) - Introduction (01:09) - Clip 1: The Unsafe & Reflect Packages (04:03) - Clip 2: Documentation & Errors (06:04) - Clip 3: Internet Speeds (07:16) - Outro Hosts Kris Brandow - Host Matthew Sanabria - Host Dylan Bourque - Host Ian Wester-Lopshire - Host Socials:WebsiteBlueskyThreadsX/TwitterLinkedInInstagram