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π₯ It's time, friends! The FINALE episode π
Join @matryer @jboursiquot @Angelica_Hill @skriptble @IanLopshire & @jerodsanto
We share our feelings, reminisce on the good times, list some of our favorite moments & share a few opinions, which may (or may not) be unpopular π
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"If you're above average, AI is pulling you down"
Agree or disagree with @kentquirk on this?
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@skriptble thinks software people are really bad at using the English languageπ₯
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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Maybe we'd have less tech debt if our employers would give devs time to LEARN this stuff... @skriptble
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@carlanajohnson thinks Number 1 pencils are better than Number 2 pencils βοΈ
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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@skriptble's opinion of Rust: "meh"
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#golang #rustlang #unpopularopinion
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@ianlopshire says that actually, learning Go is NOT easy π±
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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@jboursiquot thinks backend devs are more security conscious than frontend devs π₯
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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π£οΈ@matryer talks EU cookies fallout:
They thought businesses would stop tracking people now. Itβs like:
βOh, you have to have this annoying thing that ruins the experience of your website.β
But all the businesses were like:
βYeah, we'll have an awful experience, please!β
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Nicola Murino says you should pay for #opensource software you rely upon π§¨
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@_rsc thinks null pointers are fine, says they're a fundamental fact of computers π₯
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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@skriptble thinks you should learn a terminal text editor like #vim or #emacs π£
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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@benburkert thinks Go's success can be largely attributed to its cryptography libraries π§¨
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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@Its_stolt says that everybody in your company works in support (and it's doubly true for tech companies) π₯
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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Sometimes our show is about #golang, sometimes it's just @jboursiquot & @skriptble arguing about how word work π piped.video/v_92AhXD_NU
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"LinkedIn is actually going to eat tech Twitter over the next few years..." β @felixge
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π₯ @duarteocarmo asks @IanLopshire & @jboursiquot what's up with all the "if err == nil" in #golang code:
piped.video/5TuS4Oe5lxo
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@skriptble thinks unions in tech are a really bad idea π£
Explainer π₯ piped.video/TfOsU-oX3fY
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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Sorting apps your phone apps by color is "perfectly fine, efficient and reasonable." π§ @andream1668
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@jboursiquot thinks Apple's PKL is better than JSON & YAML combined π£
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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π³ @kentquirk says everyone in cryptocurrency is either a crook, an opportunist, or hopelessly naive
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Chocolate is gross AND Python is a bad language for data engineering?!
Spicy opinions from @captainnobody1...
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βΌοΈPop QuizβΌοΈ
Is @sharondio telling @jboursiquot her:
A) Dating app profile
B) Go Time intro
C) All of the above
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@ajstarks says this dark mode mania (in IDEs and text editors) has to stop!
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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"I forgive you for such blasphemy on Go Time" π
@jboursiquot to Steven Pyle
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Single-letter variables...
(outside of a loop)
should just be omitted...
shot on site...
dragged out with the trash...
shot from space⦠Yeah @sharondio
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Carlana Johnson says 99% of the time, nullable strings in your database are a bad idea π₯
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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Neil Primmer boldly declares that Romano is the most appropriate cheese to put on a pizza π
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@skriptble thinks "don't reinvent the wheel" is an egregious piece of advice for people and should be thrown in a dumpster π₯
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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@ianlopshire spent $3500 for an Apple Vision Pro, thinks it's awesome, and says you can't convince him otherwise π¨βπ»
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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@benjivesterby believes that open source shouldn't be gate kept to new projects just because similar ones exist
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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@vikstrous thinks burritos are great meanwhile lobster is "arguably not food" π―ππ¦
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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@indu_alagarsamy thinks software engineers are too focused on technology and not on actual solutions to real problems π₯
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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@crichardson thinks software engineers have a serious platform obsession π₯
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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@nataliepis thinks kitchens are overrated and says you probably don't even need one π±
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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@FiloSottile says sorry, companies aren't wrong when they don't donate to your #opensource project. Donations just don't work! π₯
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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@nataliepis believes everyone should condemn taking little babies and children hostage regardless of your political opinions π₯
(This was recorded on 2023-10-24)
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@skriptble says the programming community over-emphasizes the value of data-driven decisions π₯
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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@jboursiquot says workshops that aren't hands-on aren't actually workshops. They're seminars. π₯
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#golang #unpopularopinion
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This one's for the #infosec nerds: @FiloSottile believes the @NIST crypto curves are actually great and not problematic at all π₯
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@kgibilterra says #JavaScript is actually getting better! (But it's still not as good as #golang) π₯
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