So, do we like generics or not? Some people feared they’d be the end of the language. Others were very hopeful, and had clear use cases, and were thrilled about the feature coming to the language. It was also often touted as the reason a lot of people didn’t adopt Go. So what do we think now? Mat and Kris are joined by Roger Peppe and Bryan Boreham to discuss the state of Generics in Go.

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Featuring:
Roger Peppe – Twitter, GitHubBryan Boreham – TwitterMat Ryer – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn, WebsiteKris Brandow – Twitter, GitHub

Show Notes:

New slices package
Go 1.21 release notes
Roger’s talk on unconstrained generics
Roger’s proposal on type assertions
Roger’s generics mini testing framework
Mat’s mini testing framework
Dishwasher video
Dishwasher video v2


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So do we like Generics or not?

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Cameron Balahan – TwitterSameer Ajmani – Twitter, GitHubRuss Cox – Twitter, GitHub, WebsiteAngelica Hill – Twitter, GitHub, LinkedIn

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go.dev
Issue Tracker
Proposing Changes to Go
GopherCon 2022: Russ Cox - Compatibility: How Go Programs Keep Working
John Ousterhout - Open Decision Making
GothamGo 2016 Codebase Refactoring (with help from Go) by Russ Cox


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How things get done on the Go Team

Angelica is joined by Samantha Coyle to talk about her newly published textbook: Go Programming - From Beginner to Professional. This book serves as a go-to guide to master Go for real-world software dev success covering fundamentals to advanced topics.

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Go Programming - From Beginner to Professional


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Your ultimate guide to mastering Go

Based on their experience in Curve and Cloudflare, Matthew Boyle & Chris Shepherd share their experience migrating from PHP to Go.

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Sonar
Encore


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Migrating from PHP to Go

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If Google decided to part with the core Go team, what would that mean for its future adoption?
Microsoft now has a Go blog
Evolving the Go Standard Library with math/rand/v2
Redis re-implemented in Go with SQLite


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What if Google lays off the Go team?

What makes a good, bad, and truly great workshop? How do you put together a Go workshop that works, and how do you get the most out of workshops you attend?

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Featuring:
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Go Bridge


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So do we like Generics or not?

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