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• Go's advantages for long-term maintenance (e.g., simplicity, scalability, no circular dependencies) |
• Backwards-compatibility promise in Go |
• Assertions in testing with Go (code structure, manual vs. library-based assertions) |
• Trade-offs between readability and using a separate assertion library |
• Using assertion libraries (e.g., Testify) for early error detection and test-driven development |
• Educating gophers |
• Bill Kennedy's experience with Go from its early days |
• Teaching Go vs other languages |
• Effective training methods for teaching programming languages |
• Adapting to audience levels in conferences and workshops |
• Challenges of teaching and learning Go to both beginners and advanced programmers |
• Importance of targeting intermediate learners and providing a mix of basic and advanced material |
• Need for more standard library package books, such as tutorials on using specific packages like strings, bytes, and time |
• Backwards compatibility and longevity of content due to the language's promise of retaining old codebases |
• The use of video conferencing and online courses, with concerns about cost and quality compared to other resources like books and personal instruction |
• Micro-level understanding of Go programming basics |
• Importance of readability, simplicity, and idioms in code |
• Macro-level architecture, project structure, and practical concepts (building, logging, configuration) |
• Transition from micro to macro-level understanding and challenges in teaching this transition |
• Readability and maintainability best practices for large-scale projects |
• Personal opinions on coding style and tooling preferences (e.g. avoiding else clauses) |
• Writing code with maintainability in mind |
• Long-term legacy and contributions to industry |
• Impact of education and teaching others |
• Importance of pair programming and knowledge sharing |
• Role of "tech lead floater" or up-leveler in companies |
• Measuring impact and recognizing value of educational roles |
• Discussion about a company cutting costs by laying off employees |
• Bill Kennedy discussing his desire to have a "dream" job with no responsibilities and no phone calls after leaving Ardan |
• Bill Kennedy being unexpectedly asked to give a talk at the conference and explaining his style of speaking |
• Egon Elbre demonstrating a TinyGo project using buttons and Ableton software to create music |
• Discussion about linter tools, static analysis, and debugging in programming |
• Introduction of a lending library of hardware for people to check out and work on |
• Discussion of the various projects available, including drones, gopherbots, IoT controllers, and music jam |
• Showcase of life-size gopherbot helmets with controlled ears and display capabilities |
• Explanation of how the TinyGo-controlled systems work, including APIs and code libraries |
• Demonstration of scrolling text display using TinyFont and TinyDraw packages |
• Recap of attending GopherCon EU |
• Experience with co-hosts Ale, Natalie, Jessica, and Vee |
• Success of live podcast recording for The Gophers Say |
• Praise for conference talks and organization team |
• Recommendation to attend future conferences |
• Mention of diversity sponsorship/scholarship program |
**Mat Ryer:** Hello, and welcome to my Go Time diary. I'm on my way to GopherCon EU. I'll be co-hosting there, with a group of great people. I'm gonna be looking forward to the talks, and the hacking days, there's conference contributor chats that are gonna be, we're gonna play Gophers Say... We're going to do a panel ... |
Okay, I've just arrived at the airport... Yeah, the drive was okay. I wouldn't say the driver had good breath... But he more than made up for it with his erratic driving. And he did suggest to -- instead of bringing me to the actual airport, just dropping me off at a nearby roundabout... But we both agreed in the end t... |
Okay, through security... Didn't even get checked, didn't even pat me down, or anything, so going to the gym was a waste of time again... And now I'm gonna find my gate. Ah, I think I'm on time. I might just make this. |
\[06:06\] Somebody was just a little bit lax on the old escalator etiquette there, leaving her bag way behind her as she stalled at the top... And it was inevitable I was gonna run into it, because you know, the stairs are moving... So I did fell a little bit. Being British, I apologized, even though we both know it's ... |
All boarded now, ready for take-off. |
\[flight attendant making an announcement\] \[07:03\] |
A bit bumpy landing, but I wasn't even scared. My tummy went funny a bit on the way down, but I didn't even cry. I definitely didn't cry. |
I just love the vibes here in Berlin. It's very cool; there's graffiti everywhere. Everyone's got this sort of punk kind of -- almost like a dystopian vibe, which I just think is great. Someone told me the motto of Berlin is "Poor, but sexy", and that resonates with me. I grew up poor, and I was a sexy kid... No, don't... |
An old lady just dropped her shopping bag, and I helped her pick it up, and she just went "Wanker!" Which is absolutely -- I can't believe it. |
Here I am at the Go Contributors Summit, and there's a lot of gophers assembling now, as we speak. I'm gonna talk to a few of them. I'm here with Egon. Hello, Egon. |
**Egon Elbre:** Hello, Mat. |
**Mat Ryer:** How are you doing? |
**Egon Elbre:** I'm doing well. |
**Mat Ryer:** Is this the first time in Berlin |
**Egon Elbre:** Yeah, it's the first time. |
**Mat Ryer:** And how do you find it so far? |
**Egon Elbre:** It's nice. The street art is amazing. |
**Mat Ryer:** Yeah, isn't it? It's like the whole city is tattooed. |
**Egon Elbre:** Yeah, exactly. |
**Mat Ryer:** And what are you gonna be speaking about? |
**Egon Elbre:** I'm not sure which table I'm going to attend. The static analysis one seems enticing, and yeah, the Factory Automation I'm like, wondering what it's about. |
**Mat Ryer:** Yeah, I don't think it's got anything to do with Java factories. I don't think you need to worry about that. |
**Egon Elbre:** I really hope so... |
**Mat Ryer:** \[laughs\] Okay. We'll catch up with you later then. Thank you. |
**Egon Elbre:** Yeah, okay. |
**Jingle:** \[09:56\] |
**Mat Ryer:** Alejandra is here... Aren't you? |
**Ale Kennedy:** Of course I am! |
**Mat Ryer:** \[laughs\] How was the tour? You went on a walking tour of Berlin this morning, right? |
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