Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

AI for Observability

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 discussionChangelog++ 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:Yasir Ekinci – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, WebsiteJohnny Boursiquot – Twitter, GitHub, WebsiteMat Ryer – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, WebsiteShow Notes:Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Unpop roundup! 2022

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 discussionChangelog++ 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 – Twitter, GitHubNishant Roy – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedInInbal Cohen – Twitter, LinkedInMark Sandstrom – TwitterIvan Kwiatkowski – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHubMichael Matloob – Twitter, GitHubEd Welch – Twitter, GitHubMihalis Tsoukalos – TwitterMisha Avrekh – GitHubMat Ryer – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, WebsiteJohnny Boursiquot – Twitter, GitHub, WebsiteJerod Santo – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, LinkedInShow 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!

Russ Cox on passing the torch

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”. Leave us a commentChangelog++ 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 – Use code GOTIME using our link to get an exclusive 60% off an annual Incogni plan. Featuring:Russ Cox – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHub, WebsiteAustin Clements – GitHubCherry Mui – Angelica Hill – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedInShow Notes: passing torches to Austin and Cherry Go Issues Golang Weekly Proposing Changes to Go Go Bridge GopherCon Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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

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? Leave us a commentChangelog++ 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 – Twitter, GitHub, WebsiteKris Brandow – Twitter, GitHubAngelica Hill – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedInShow Notes: [Founder Mode]((https://paulgraham.com/foundermode.html) Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

How I lost my (old) job to AI

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. Leave us a commentChangelog++ 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 – TwitterSteven Pyle – LinkedInKent Quirk – Mastodon, Twitter, GitHubJohnny Boursiquot – Twitter, GitHub, WebsiteShow Notes: How long until I lose my job to AI? (Go Time #306) Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!