Community Q&A

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

A community Q&A special. You asked the questions, and we discussed them live on air. A few example questions include “When is it okay to use init?”, “When should we use constructors?”, and “How should Go code be structured?”

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Featuring:

• Roberto Clapis – GitHub, X
• Peter Bourgon – GitHub, X
• Jon Calhoun – Website, GitHub, X
• Mat Ryer – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X

Show Notes:

• Reddit Q&A Thread

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!