Go: Six months in

• Go is a mixed bag
• Its possible to write elegant go
• The go community doesn't want you to
• If you do, you might regret it, and end up deleting it all
• if err != nil was invented by evil monkeys that get paid by scrollbar pixel movement
• if err != nil will seriously save your bacon
• In many languages, the standard library is a good place to look for examples of good code
• In go, the standard library encourages many practices I have, over the too many years, come to consider harmful
• I am learning to question my beliefs, but it hurts really bad, and I'm not always wrong
• Go docs are syntax references, not docs
• Go docs assume too much prior knowledge
• There are some foundational Go essays that are absolute gold
• Ardan Labs has some killer go content and doesn't assume you know it all already - no affiliation, just mad respect
• Many well respected go experts seem to believe in copy paste coding
• This makes me want to vomit locusts
• Gophers really hate dependencies, which leads to the aforementioned copy pasta
• Not managing tons of lib dependencies of your own making is really liberating
• I'm learning to eat locusts, but sometimes cotton candy is better
• Go mod needs a UX/DX designer to join the team badly
• Go mod's job is hard - so that's not a criticism as much as a real hope

Comments

[Kishan B]

Ardan labs content is real nice thanks for sharing. Never knew about them before

[Kishan B]

if err != nil was invented by evil monkeys that get paid by scrollbar pixel movement

This was epic :-D

[Derek Strickland]

Thank you :)

[Nozibul Islam]

great.