Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

Listen to this live episode at GopherCon EU Berlin 2024, where teams compete in guessing survey responses, popular Golang functions, coding beverages, and keyword games. Banter, strategies, and fun atmosphere make it an entertaining watch!

Ian joins Kris to discuss whether certain software shouldn't be written in Go, the myth of Go garbage collection hindering 'real-time' software, upcoming disruptions in Go 1.23, and debates on appropriate package naming conventions.

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.

Guest Samantha Coyle discusses her newly published textbook 'Go Programming - From Beginner to Professional', covering fundamentals to advanced topics. Topics include writing a comprehensive guide, key chapters in the book, API developer experience with SpeakEasy, challenges in updating technical content, and navigating the writing process. The episode also touches on lighthearted debates and revising complex chapters.

Experienced software engineers Matthew Boyle & Chris Shepherd from Curve & Cloudflare discuss migrating from PHP to Go. They share insights on benefits of Go microservices, challenges in transitioning, and comparison of Laravel and Go tools. The conversation also touches on containerizing apps, smart home devices, ice cream favorites, and more.

Ian and Johnny join Kris to speculate on Google laying off the Go team, implications on the language's future, ownership of Go, API SDK development, transitioning to V2 packages, evolution of Go and SQLite, and a fun discussion on text editors, keyboard layouts, and calendars.

Learn how to create a successful Go workshop, optimize incident management with FireHydrant, and simplify SDK creation. Explore interactive learning, effective communication, and the importance of teaching assistants in workshops. Discover the art of using analogies for technical communication and the value of engaging with instructors for optimal learning experiences.

Guests Filippo Valsorda, Roland Shoemaker & Nicola Murino discuss TLS advancements in Go's crypto libraries, testing release candidates, SDK generation, post-quantum algorithms, vulnerability analysis, and supporting open source. They also share personal experiences and reflections on technology disconnect, pigeons, rats, and past podcast episodes.

Security experts Ben Burkert and Chris Stolt discuss challenges in setting up secure local development environments, emphasizing the importance of encryption, HTTPS, and efficient certificate management tools. They highlight the significance of a developer-centric approach in certificate integration, explore complexities in managing certificates, introduce LCL Host for trust store automation, and praise Go's cryptography libraries for secure TLS traffic handling.

Brazil-based software developer Carlos Becker discusses the joy of GOOS and GOARCH in shipping software. They explore GoReleaser, K3s, Pprof, testscript, and efficient garbage collection in Go. The conversation delves into multi-platform deployment, home automation projects, streamlining approach in Go, comparing Go with Java, and using Go for DevOps and MLOps. They also touch on prompt engineering as a valuable skill.