Russ Cox on passing the torch

Go Time: Golang, Software Engineering

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 join us! We also have Cherry Mui, who is stepping into Austin’s previous role as tech lead of the “Go core”.

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Featuring:

• Russ Cox – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
• Austin Clements – GitHub
• Cherry Mui –
• Angelica Hill – GitHub, LinkedIn, X

Show Notes:

• passing torches to Austin and Cherry
• Go Issues
• Golang Weekly
• Proposing Changes to Go
• Go Bridge
• GopherCon
• Cherry’s Github
• Austin’s Github

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Chapter

1. It's Go Time! (00:00:00)

2. Sponsor: Fly (00:00:46)

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3. Meeting the guests (00:04:17)

4. Matcha (00:10:47)

5. Decision to step down (00:14:07)

6. What is a tech lead? (00:18:32)

7. Desired impact (00:20:19)

8. Sponsor: JetBrains (00:26:51)

https://www.bytesizego.com/goland

9. Cherry's new role (00:29:19)

10. What solutions will you bring (00:38:10)

11. Engaging with the community (00:47:09)

12. Where to learn more (00:56:36)

13. Sponsor: Incogni (00:59:58)

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14. Unpopular Opinions! (01:03:27)

15. Russ' unpop (01:04:01)

16. Cherry's unpop (01:04:52)

17. Austin's unpop (01:06:06)

18. Angelica's unpop (01:07:39)

19. Outro (01:08:15)