Crawl, Walk & Run Your Way To Usable CLIs In Go Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering podcast

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Mat gathers the entire cast (sans Natalie, sadly) alongside our producer, Jerod Santo, for one last Go Time. That’s right, this is Go Time’s finale episode. After eight years and 340 episodes, we are going out on top. Join us one last time, you won’t regret it! We share our feelings, reminisce on the good times, list some of our favorite moments & share a few opinions, which may (or may not) be unpopular. 😉 Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 10 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. Check out the speedrun to get started in minutes. JetBrains – Sign up for the free “Mastering Go with GoLand” course and receive a complimentary 1-year GoLand subscription at bytesizego.com/goland Timescale – Purpose-built performance for AI Build RAG, search, and AI agents on the cloud and with PostgreSQL and purpose-built extensions for AI: pgvector, pgvectorscale, and pgai. Featuring: Mat Ryer – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , X Johnny Boursiquot – Website , GitHub , X Kris Brandow – GitHub , X Angelica Hill – GitHub , LinkedIn , X Ian Lopshire – GitHub , X Jerod Santo – GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: A new era for the Changelog Podcast Universe Subscribe to Fallthrough! Subscribe to The Changelog! Episodes mentioned Neurodiverse gophers (Go Time #281) Gophers Say What!? (Go Time #200) Who owns our code? (Go Time #252) Who owns our code? Part 2 (Go Time #263) Mat’s GopherCon EU diary with (Go Time #250) Maintenance podcast episodes 2053: A Go Odyssey with Ron Evans (Go Time #235) The Wu-Tang way with Ron Evans (Changelog & Friends #42) The se7en deadly sins of Go (Go Time #294) Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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Pitching Go in 2025 1:01:16

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With so many great programming languages having emerged in the last decade, many of them purpose-built, when and where does Go still make sense and how do you make the case for it at work? Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 8 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Timescale – Purpose-built performance for AI Build RAG, search, and AI agents on the cloud and with PostgreSQL and purpose-built extensions for AI: pgvector, pgvectorscale, and pgai. Retool – The low-code platform for developers to build internal tools — Some of the best teams out there trust Retool…Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Doordash, LegalGenius, Amazon, Allbirds, Peloton, and so many more – the developers at these teams trust Retool as the platform to build their internal tools. Try it free at retool.com/changelog JetBrains – Sign up for the free “Mastering Go with GoLand” course and receive a complimentary 1-year GoLand subscription at bytesizego.com/goland Featuring: Kent Quirk – GitHub , Mastodon , X Christian Gabrielsson – GitHub , LinkedIn Johnny Boursiquot – Website , GitHub , X Show Notes: Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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Unpop roundup! 2023 38:01

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Go Time producer, Jerod Santo, ranks & reviews the most (un)popular opinions of 2023. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 9 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. Check out the speedrun to get started in minutes. Timescale – Purpose-built performance for AI Build RAG, search, and AI agents on the cloud and with PostgreSQL and purpose-built extensions for AI: pgvector, pgvectorscale, and pgai. JetBrains – Sign up for the free “Mastering Go with GoLand” course and receive a complimentary 1-year GoLand subscription at bytesizego.com/goland Featuring: chg – GitHub , X Chris James – GitHub , X Lea Anthony – GitHub , X Ole Bulbuk – Website , GitHub , X Johnny Boursiquot – Website , GitHub , X Natalie Pistunovich – GitHub , X Ian Lopshire – GitHub , X Andy Walker – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , X Juan Andrés Guerrero-Saade – Website , X Kaylyn Gibilterra – GitHub , X Joe Davidson – GitHub , X Matthew Boyle – Website , GitHub , X David Wickes – GitHub , X Jerod Santo – GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: Is htmx the way to Go? (Go Time #266) Cross-platform graphical user interfaces (Go Time #271) Long-term code maintenance (Go Time #264) Experiences from GopherCon 2023 (Go Time #293) What’s new in Go’s cryptography libraries: Part 2 (Go Time #298) The solo gopher (Go Time #283) HallwayConf! A new style of conference (Go Time #276) Hacking with Go: Part 4 (Go Time #270) Diversity at conferences (Go Time #274) Go templating using Templ (Go Time #291) Domain-driven design with Go (Go Time #273) Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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Crawl, walk & run your way to usable CLIs in Go 57:47

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With the number of libraries available to Go developers these days, you’d think building a CLI app was now a trivial matter. But like many things in software development, it depends. In this episode, we explore the challenges that arose during one team’s journey towards a production-ready CLI. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 9 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. Check out the speedrun to get started in minutes. JetBrains – Sign up for the free “Mastering Go with GoLand” course and receive a complimentary 1-year GoLand subscription at bytesizego.com/goland Retool – The low-code platform for developers to build internal tools — Some of the best teams out there trust Retool…Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Doordash, LegalGenius, Amazon, Allbirds, Peloton, and so many more – the developers at these teams trust Retool as the platform to build their internal tools. Try it free at retool.com/changelog Featuring: Wesley Beary – GitHub , LinkedIn , X Johnny Boursiquot – Website , GitHub , X Show Notes: How Anchor developed a CLI and the tools that helped along the way. Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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Writing a shell in Go 1:05:22

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Writing a shell is rarely the kind of project you take on lightly. In this episode, Johnny is joined by Qi Xiao to explore how to go about such a feat in Go. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 9 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. Check out the speedrun to get started in minutes. Retool – The low-code platform for developers to build internal tools — Some of the best teams out there trust Retool…Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Doordash, LegalGenius, Amazon, Allbirds, Peloton, and so many more – the developers at these teams trust Retool as the platform to build their internal tools. Try it free at retool.com/changelog Timescale – Real-time analytics on Postgres, seriously fast. Over 3 million Timescale databases power loT, sensors, Al, dev tools, crypto, and finance apps — all on Postgres. Postgres, for everything. Featuring: Qi Xiao – GitHub , LinkedIn , X Johnny Boursiquot – Website , GitHub , X Show Notes: Elvish shell Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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AI for Observability 1:09:22

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Yasir Ekinci joins Johnny & Mat to talk about how virtually every Observability vendor is rushing to add Generative AI capabilities to their products and what that entails from both a development and usability perspective. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 10 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: JetBrains – Sign up for the free “Mastering Go with GoLand” course and receive a complimentary 1-year GoLand subscription at bytesizego.com/goland Retool – The low-code platform for developers to build internal tools — Some of the best teams out there trust Retool…Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Doordash, LegalGenius, Amazon, Allbirds, Peloton, and so many more – the developers at these teams trust Retool as the platform to build their internal tools. Try it free at retool.com/changelog Incogni – Go to incogni.com/gotime and use code GOTIME using our link to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan. Featuring: Johnny Boursiquot – Website , GitHub , X Mat Ryer – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , X Show Notes: Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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Unpop roundup! 2022 37:59

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The last time we did a roundup of our unpopular opinion polls, it was November of 2021! That’s too long ago, so today we fix that bug. Join Go Time producer, Jerod Santo, as he ranks & reviews the most (un)popular opinions of 2022. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 9 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. Check out the speedrun to get started in minutes. Coder.com – Instantly launch fully configured cloud development environments (CDE) and make your first commit in minutes. No need to traverse README files or await onboarding queues. Learn more at Coder.com JetBrains – Sign up for the free “Mastering Go with GoLand” course and receive a complimentary 1-year GoLand subscription at bytesizego.com/goland Featuring: Natalie Pistunovich – GitHub , X Nishant Roy – GitHub , LinkedIn , X Inbal Cohen – LinkedIn , X Mark Sandstrom – X Ivan Kwiatkowski – GitHub , Mastodon , X Michael Matloob – GitHub , X Ed Welch – GitHub , X Mihalis Tsoukalos – X Misha Avrekh – GitHub Mat Ryer – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , X Johnny Boursiquot – Website , GitHub , X Jerod Santo – GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Show Notes: The other features in Go 1.18 (Go Time #217) Going with GraphQL (Go Time #218) Bob Logblaw Log Blog (Go Time #220) Mastering Go (Go Time #221) How can we prevent legacy from creeping in? (Go Time #223) Answering questions for the Go-curious (Go Time #224) What’s new in Go 1.19 (Go Time #240) Avoiding bloat (Go Time #246) Stay agile out there (Go Time #247) Hacking with Go: Part 2 (Go Time #251) Debugging Go (Go Time #255) How Pinterest delivers software at scale (Go Time #257) Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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Russ Cox on passing the torch 1:09:27

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In this episode, we will be talking to Russ Cox, who joined the Go team at Google in 2008 and has been the Go project tech lead since 2012, about stepping back & handing over the reins to Austin Clements, who will also join us! We also have Cherry Mui, who is stepping into Austin’s previous role as tech lead of the “Go core”. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 11 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. Check out the speedrun to get started in minutes. JetBrains – Sign up for the free “Mastering Go with GoLand” course and receive a complimentary 1-year GoLand subscription at bytesizego.com/goland Incogni – Go to incogni.com/gotime and use code GOTIME using our link to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan. Featuring: Russ Cox – Website , GitHub , Mastodon , X Austin Clements – GitHub Cherry Mui – Angelica Hill – GitHub , LinkedIn , X Show Notes: passing torches to Austin and Cherry Go Issues Golang Weekly Proposing Changes to Go Go Bridge GopherCon Cherry’s Github Austin’s Github Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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"Founder Mode" at work when you're not a founder 56:20

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Tech twitter (“tech X”?) is abuzz with Paul Graham’s Founder Mode essay. How does that affect you or come into play when you’re not a founder? Does it matter at all to you, your projects & your code? Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 9 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Coder.com – Instantly launch fully configured cloud development environments (CDE) and make your first commit in minutes. No need to traverse README files or await onboarding queues. Learn more at Coder.com Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. Check out the speedrun to get started in minutes. NordVPN – Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra at nordvpn.com/gotime It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee. Featuring: Johnny Boursiquot – Website , GitHub , X Kris Brandow – GitHub , X Angelica Hill – GitHub , LinkedIn , X Show Notes: Founder Mode Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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How I lost my (old) job to AI 1:18:24

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In this follow-up to episode #306 , “How soon until AI takes my job?”, the gang of (grumpy?) veteran software engineers candidly chat about how their day to day is changing in the midst of improving AI tooling & hype. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 11 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Coder.com – Instantly launch fully configured cloud development environments (CDE) and make your first commit in minutes. No need to traverse README files or await onboarding queues. Learn more at Coder.com Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. Check out the speedrun to get started in minutes. JetBrains – The world’s leading provider of professional developer tools. Download GoLand, the complete IDE crafted for Gophers. Featuring: Sharon DiOrio – X Steven Pyle – LinkedIn Kent Quirk – GitHub , Mastodon , X Johnny Boursiquot – Website , GitHub , X Show Notes: How long until I lose my job to AI? (Go Time #306) Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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Home automation with Go 57:09

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Join Johnny as he dives into the world of home automation with Ricardo Gerardi & Mike Riley, two tinkerers who’ve taken the plunge with Go. We explore the challenges (and the fun) they encounter along the way. If you’re interested in automating your home (or working with micro controllers) come learn how to get started! Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 9 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Coder.com – Instantly launch fully configured cloud development environments (CDE) and make your first commit in minutes. No need to traverse README files or await onboarding queues. Learn more at Coder.com Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. Check out the speedrun to get started in minutes. NordVPN – Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra at nordvpn.com/gotime It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee. Featuring: Ricardo Gerardi – GitHub , LinkedIn , X Mike Riley – Website , GitHub , X Johnny Boursiquot – Website , GitHub , X Show Notes: Automate your home with Go from Pragmatic Publishers Powerful Command-Line Applications in Go from Pragmatic Publishers TinyGo - A Go Compiler For Small Places Gitea - Private, Fast, Reliable DevOps Platform Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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The community of gophers 1:09:39

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On this episode, Angelica is joined by Go community leaders from around the world: meetup organizers from Guadalajara, St. Louis, New York & Go Bridge Atlanta. Together, they explore the ins & outs of organizing meetups, the benefits of attending, the Go Developer Network (GDN) & the current state of the Go Meetup community. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 5 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Coder.com – Instantly launch fully configured cloud development environments (CDE) and make your first commit in minutes. No need to traverse README files or await onboarding queues. Learn more at Coder.com Featuring: Wilken Rivera – Website Matthew Sanabria – Website , GitHub , LinkedIn , Mastodon , X Jennifer Johnson – LinkedIn Paul Balogh – GitHub , LinkedIn , X Hannah W – Guillermo Galván – Angelica Hill – GitHub , LinkedIn , X Show Notes: Go Developers Platform Engineering New York NJ Code & Coffee GoBridge Atlanta Golang Guadalajara GoBridge StLGo MO Reliability CNCF Saint Louis Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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⚡ Lightning Talk life ⚡ 1:12:23

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This episode focuses on the art of delivering concise Lightning Talks, a popular format at conferences worldwide where speakers present in a short timeframe. Joined by some of this year’s GopherCon Lightning Talkers, we’ll discuss their experiences, challenges & tips for effective communication within a limited time. Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 5 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Porkbun – Go to porkbun.com to get .app, .dev, or .foo domain names at Porkbun for only $1 for the first year! Changelog News – A podcast+newsletter combo that’s brief, entertaining & always on-point. Subscribe today . Featuring: Andy Joseph – Dylan Bourque – GitHub Cassie Coyle – GitHub , X Ehden Sinai – GitHub , LinkedIn Jacob Hochstetler – GitHub Matt Dale – GitHub , Mastodon Angelica Hill – GitHub , LinkedIn , X Show Notes: GopherCon 2024 - YouTube Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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Big shoes to fill 1:06:05

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Kris, Angelica & Johnny react to the recently announced Go team changes, discuss the finding that 80% of developers surveyed by Stack Overflow are unhappy & disagree about the concept of tech debt (but agree that something’s gotta give). Join the discussion Changelog++ members save 4 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: Coder.com – Instantly launch fully configured cloud development environments (CDE) and make your first commit in minutes. No need to traverse README files or await onboarding queues. Learn more at Coder.com Featuring: Kris Brandow – GitHub , X Angelica Hill – GitHub , LinkedIn , X Johnny Boursiquot – Website , GitHub , X Show Notes: Russ Cox: passing torches to Austin and Cherry 80% of professional programmers are unhappy (Changelog News #106) Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!…

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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OpenAPI & API design 1:14:12

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