This is the first in an upcoming series of interviews with professional software developers who use Go in their work and amateur coders who use it in their personal projects. This first interview is with Jon Rafkind, who is a senior software engineer with around 8 years of experience using Go. He has an undergraduate […]

In our rapidly evolving world that has become so reliant on new technology, there are few fields that offer as much opportunity as computer science. A degree in computer science (CS) can open the doorway to a wide range of career paths, some of which require more advanced skills than others. From building cutting-edge software […]

In the world of open-source software, the question of ownership can be surprisingly complex. This is especially true for Go, a language that began as an internal project at Google but has since evolved into a global phenomenon, supported by a vast and passionate community of developers. It’s easy to assume that because Go originated […]

We spend a lot of time on this blog thinking about things like syntax and code style, or building example projects, but today I want to zoom out and look at Go programming from a bigger perspective. Who Uses Go in Real-World Applications? Since Go is one of the most popular languages being used in […]

You may have seen the advertisements that are automatically placed into various sections on many of the pages of this website. The team at Ezoic handles all that for me, allowing me to focus on writing about the things that I care about and sharing what I’ve learnt about coding with other Go developers. So […]

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the practice of optimizing your website in order to rank higher in search engine results pages (SERPs). I’ve built multiple websites over the years, with varying degrees of success, and this blog that focuses on the topic of Go coding is my latest project. So I want to share some […]

For the past six years, Google has run an annual Go Developer Survey in order to understand more about what the community thinks and how it feels about recent changes to the language. The survey also helps to keep us informed about any problems or concerns that have arisen and gives us an opportunity to […]