• Go 1.6 compiler slowed down • Recent commit cuts compile times by 40% • Compile times may return to pre-Go 1.4 levels in Go 1.7 release • CloudFlare blog post on building simple static analysis tool for Go • Discussion of using static analysis tools and existing options like New Relic • Iron.io's experience with Ruby, its performance issues, and migration to Go • Planning for future performance loads and identifying areas that require optimization • Discussion about the performance of a Go project and how it outperforms customer needs • Mention of RocksDB as a persistence layer in CockroachDB and IronMQ • Raft consensus protocol implementation • Introduction to go-oauth2-server, an OAuth2 server written in Go • Rqlite, a distributed SQLite database written in Go with Raft support • Discussion about the ease of building distributed systems using technologies like etcd and RocksDB • Discussion of GPUdb and its status as possibly "vaporware" • Introduction to Syncthing, a peer-to-peer syncing tool written in Go • Features and benefits of using Syncthing for syncing files across machines • Mention of alternative methods for file syncing compared to Dropbox • Discussion of Caddy, a web server/reverse proxy with built-in Let's Encrypt support • Caddy's embeddability and potential for programmatic configuration • Introduction to Viper, a command-line tool for pulling in environment variables and config files • Use cases and features of Viper • Discussion of the Cobra library and its benefits for writing command line tools in Go • Mention of Steve's Hugo project as a precursor to Cobra and other libraries such as Viper and Pflag • Introduction of Gin Web Framework/ API framework, which simplifies web development in Go • Plug for goa, a code generation tool that creates API implementations from Go DSLs • Discussion of the benefits of using goa, including readability and the generation of Swagger JSON files for documentation • Clarification on how goa works, including defining APIs in Go code with anonymous functions • Discussion about Go database access layers, specifically GORM • Introduction of GORMA plugin for Goa framework • History of using Go at Iron.io, including adoption before 1.0 release • Comparison with other languages like Java and Ruby • Role of early adopters in promoting the language's growth • Importance of community passion and interaction in driving interest in the language • Productivity with C++ vs Go • Go's concise syntax and small number of keywords • Lack of code generation needs in Go development • Early pain points with Go (library availability) • Comparison to other languages like Java and Ruby • Performance optimization in the Go community • Allocations and memory management in Go programming • Discussion on static analysis tools for Go programming language • Importance of memory allocation management at high scale (1M requests/sec) • Challenges of tracing down allocations in large codebases • Hiring challenges for Go developers and experience with training new hires • Adoption of containers, specifically Docker, by the company • Use of Docker to enable easy testing and deployment of customer code • Discussion of Docker and containerization • Experience with early bugs in Docker and how they were handled • Advantages of using containers in development and production environments • Future prediction for Docker and containerization taking over the computing world • Shoutouts to open-source projects, including GopherJS, polymer bindings, and gocyclo • Docker and containerization • fsnotify library for monitoring file system changes • Upcoming major announcement by Travis' company • GoTime.fm podcast and newsletter subscription information • GitHub suggestions for show topics or guests • Appreciation for Travis Reeder's contributions to the Go community