Why is Golang's Compilation Speed So Fast? | PixelsTech
OverviewWhen I started learning the Go language, I already had experience with three statically typed languages—C/C++ and Java—and two dynamically typed languages—PHP and JavaScript.
• Introduction of guests and their roles on the Go team
• Russ Cox’s decision to step down as tech lead of the Go project
• Transition of leadership roles: Austin Clements taking over as Go project tech lead and Cherry Mui becoming tech lead of the Go core team
• Discussion on the personal backgrounds of Austin and Cherry, including how they got into Go
• Austin and Cherry’s initial thoughts and goals for their new leadership roles
• Russ Cox’s explanation of the importance of leadership transition for the Go project
• Austin’s perspective on the role of a tech lead and its responsibilities
• Cherry’s explanation of what the Go core team is and her thoughts on leading it
• Russ Cox’s new role in exploring AI applications for the Go project, particularly in aiding software maintenance
• Austin’s focus on stability, engineering at scale, and potential improvements in performance engineering in Go
• Cherry’s focus on scaling Go to handle modern hardware trends and user needs
• Community engagement and communication between the Go team at Google and the broader Go community
• Discussions on the barriers between the Go team and the community, and how to reduce them
• How to get involved or stay updated on Go’s development (forums, proposals, code reviews, conferences)
• Unpopular opinions from the guests, including Russ’s preference for Boston as the best place for software engineers, Cherry’s dislike of the GitHub pull request workflow, and Austin’s view on tech debt being manageable and sometimes beneficial.