Gopher Academy Courses

Translating Go to Other - Human Languages, and Back Again

Explore করো, a tool enabling Bengali support in Go, allowing seamless collaboration between developers using different languages while maintaining code interoperability.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Anyone Can Be A Gopher!

Inspiring journey of a non-traditional programmer mastering Go, featuring practical tips, challenges, and the power of community support in tech career transitions.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Quest for the Fastest Deployment Time

Explore strategies to optimize Go code deployment time in Kubernetes, from caching dependencies to binary size reduction and in-place recompilation techniques.

• YouTube
• 48 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Functional Programming with Go

Explore functional programming concepts in Go, including closures, currying, and recursion. Learn practical applications and compare with traditional approaches for solving real-world problems.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Evolving the Go Memory Manager's RAM and CPU Efficiency

Explore Go memory manager improvements, enhancing runtime responsiveness and allocator scalability. Gain insights into runtime functionality and potential performance impacts on Go applications.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

How to Write a Self-Hosted Go Compiler from Scratch

Explore the journey of creating a self-hosted Go compiler from scratch, covering architecture, challenges, and key implementation details for features like maps and interfaces.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Typing Generic Go

Explore Go's generics design, focusing on constrained type parameters for generic functions and types. Learn about type-checking, instantiation, and practical applications in Go programming.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Debugging Code Generation in Go

Explore Go toolchain's code generation process, learn to inspect machine code, and understand compiler optimizations for improved debugging and binary validation.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Reordering 59 Million NYT Publishing Assets Using Go and BadgerDB

Learn how to reorder 59 million NYT publishing assets using Go and BadgerDB. Explore efficient in-memory data processing, handling large-scale datasets, and optimizing performance for complex data operations.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Common Patterns for Bounds Check Elimination

Discover common patterns for bounds check elimination in Go, balancing memory safety and performance optimization.

• YouTube
• 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Build and Test Caching in Go

Optimize Go program performance by mastering build and test caching techniques, including creating custom caches for faster compilation, testing, and deployment.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Pardon the Interruption - Loop Preemption in Go 1.14

Explore Go 1.14's innovative asynchronous preemption, eliminating performance issues in tight loops and enabling efficient goroutine scheduling without overhead.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

A Journey to Postgres Productivity with Go

Explore effective Postgres tooling for Go developers, from drivers to ORMs, to enhance productivity and streamline database operations.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

A Rainbow of Gophers - Building A More Diverse Community

Explore strategies for fostering diversity in the Go community and its impact on software development, emphasizing individual actions to create a more inclusive environment.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Untangling the Monorepo - Moving to Go Modules

Exploring the challenges and solutions in transitioning a large-scale monorepo to Go modules, including custom tooling, dependency management, and best practices for modern Go development.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk