「 Go is the most hated programming language. Compared to other languages, it provides 80% of utility with 20% of complexity. The hate comes from people who want 81% of utility, or 85% or 97% 」
https://blog.kowalczyk.info/article/d-2025-06-26/go-is-8020-language.html
Lies we tell ourselves to keep using #Golang
https://fasterthanli.me/articles/lies-we-tell-ourselves-to-keep-using-golang
My #gpn23 talk about Linux + Go self-hosting seems to be well-received!
https://cfp.gulas.ch/gpn23/talk/U8D9KR/ if you missed it and want to catch up on the recording or slides :)
It covers the entire spectrum, starting from a Raspberry Pi (with my very own https://gokrazy.org/!) to Mini-servers running #NixOS
It grinds my gears when I use a library that is already testing their next major version.
prompts
Introducing `prompts`, the latest breakthrough in smoltech AI research. A terminal prompt roulette that will make your panel moderation much more exciting (and cheaper).
https://git.bleu255.com/prompts/files.html
So far `prompts` has been successfully deployed in artistic research panel moderation (true story ). It will be intensively re-trained on a new thematic next week in Brussels to help moderate a digital art panel discussion at @imal for their 25 years anniversary and the launch of the introspective exhibition "I am vertical (but I would rather be horizontal)".
https://www.imal.org/en/events/i-am-vertical-but-i-would-rather-be-horizontal-vernissage
doors open at 18:30, starts at 19:00 Tuesday 1st July
Tough problem. I want to implement a production ready backend for an app, that is easy to install for normals. The current prototype is a small Django app. For ease of deployment I consider a #Python script based on PEP-723, uv and nanodjango or fastapi. The other option is a #Golang binary. Something for my walking round today or tomorrow morning.
Anyone knows what happened with
@python_discussions @rust_discussions @golang_discussions ?
Time to look for a job again.
For the last 5 years I've been writing Go, some JavaScript, and a little Ruby. Before that it was lots of Java and JavaScript, some Kotlin, and Ruby. (I've written code in a bunch of other languages too.)
Other skills include PostgreSQL database schema design, SQL query authoring and optimization, HTML & CSS, Linux system administration, and I'm pretty good at documenting things as well.