Tags: go, golang, beginners, programming
If you told me two years ago that I'd be writing a love letter to a programming language, I'd have laughed. But here I am.
Go (or Golang) changed the way I think about software development. And if you haven't tried it yet — or tried it and gave up — I want to make the case for why 2024 is the perfect year to give it a real shot.
What Even Is Go?
Go is an open-source programming language designed at Google by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson. It was released in 2009, but it has exploded in popularity over the last few years, powering tools you probably use every day: Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Prometheus, and more.
