Gopherfest 2015 | Go Proverbs with Rob Pike
What it is
Rob Pike presents Go Proverbs at Gopherfest 2015, a set of pithy aphorisms about Go design such as 'Clear is better than clever' and 'A little copying is better than a little dependency'.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN treats it as the canonical source for Go proverbs, quoted in debates about dependencies, concurrency and simplicity.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2016, last 2026
What HN commenters said
“The proverbs are based on this awesome talk by Rob Spike”
Rob Pike's talk on Go proverbs.
Dawny33, 2016-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Go Proverbs: Simple, Poetic, Pithy”
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Topics: go, rob pike, proverbs, concurrency, dependencies, simplicity
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