Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

Author: Changelog Media Language: English Episodes: 100
Tune into Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering for the kind of conversations that happen after the conference talks end and the real work begins. Hosted by Changelog Media, this podcast gathers a rotating panel of seasoned practitioners like Mat Ryer, Natalie Pistunovich, and Johnny Boursiquot to unpack the complexities of building modern software. While the Go programming language is the common thread, discussions naturally expand into the entire ecosystem where it thrives. You’ll hear deep dives into the practicalities of cloud infrastructure, the design of distributed systems, and the operational realities of working with tools like Kubernetes and Docker. The tone is conversational and insightful, focusing less on abstract theory and more on the lessons learned from actual projects and production environments. Whether you’re a seasoned Gopher or just curious about how these technologies fit together in the real world, this show offers a valuable perspective from developers who are actively shaping the field. It’s the perfect listen for anyone who wants to think more deeply about software engineering while keeping up with the vibrant Go community. For those who have searched for it as GoTime or GoTimeFM, you’ve found the right place.
Episodes
That's Go Time! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:27:48
Mat gathers the entire cast (sans Natalie, sadly) alongside our producer, Jerod Santo, for one last Go Time. That's right, this is Go Time's finale episode. After eight years and 340 episodes, we are going out on top. Jo…
Pitching Go in 2025 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:01:16
With so many great programming languages having emerged in the last decade, many of them purpose-built, when and where does Go still make sense and how do you make the case for it at work?
Unpop roundup! 2023 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 38:01
Go Time producer, Jerod Santo, ranks & reviews the most (un)popular opinions of 2023.
Crawl, walk & run your way to usable CLIs in Go [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:47
With the number of libraries available to Go developers these days, you'd think building a CLI app was now a trivial matter. But like many things in software development, it depends. In this episode, we explore the chall…
Writing a shell in Go [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:05:22
Writing a shell is rarely the kind of project you take on lightly. In this episode, Johnny is joined by Qi Xiao to explore how to go about such a feat in Go.
AI for Observability [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:22
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 perspectiv…
Unpop roundup! 2022 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:59
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 opinio…
Russ Cox on passing the torch [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:09:27
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 j…
"Founder Mode" at work when you're not a founder [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 56:20
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?
How I lost my (old) job to AI [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:18:24
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.