How Mat writes HTTP services in Go

07/09/24 • 71 min

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Mat Ryer has been writing HTTP services in Go for more than 13 years. Needless to say, he’s learned a lot along the way. Today, Johnny & Ian sit down with Mat to ask him all about it.

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Mat Ryer – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
Ian Lopshire – GitHub, X

Show Notes:

How I write HTTP services in Go after 13 years

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Mat Ryer has been writing HTTP services in Go for more than 13 years. Needless to say, he’s learned a lot along the way. Today, Johnny & Ian sit down with Mat to ask him all about it.

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Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps and databases close to your users. In minutes you can run your Ruby, Go, Node, Deno, Python, or Elixir app (and databases!) all over the world. No ops required. Learn more at fly.io/changelog and check out the speedrun in their docs.

Featuring:

Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X
Mat Ryer – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
Ian Lopshire – GitHub, X

Show Notes:

How I write HTTP services in Go after 13 years

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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