Serverless and Go

09/03/19 • 65 min

Johnny, Mat, Jaana, and special guest Stevenson Jean-Pierre discuss serverless in a Go world. What is serverless, what use cases is serverless good for, what are the trade offs, and how do you program with Go differently in the context of serverless?

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Featuring:

Stevenson Jean-Pierre – GitHub, X
Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X
Mat Ryer – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
Jaana Dogan – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

Kubeless - The Kubernetes native serverless framework
Knative - Building blocks that simplify how you deploy and run functions atop Kubernetes and Istio. On any cloud.
This tweet from Kelsey Hightower - “In less than 15 minutes I was able to open a new @zeithq account, install the Now cli, create a Go function, link it to GitHub, deploy it, and hit it with curl. 🤯 If this is the direction general compute is headed, count me in.”
This tweet from Ian Molee - “Watch me code, deploy, and exercise a “serverless” Go function in about a minute, using @zeithq zero-config. In 2-3 years remember @jessfraz told us about #configless in 2019!”

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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Changelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!

Sponsors:

Linode – Our cloud server of choice. Deploy a fast, efficient, native SSD cloud server for only $5/month. Get 4 months free using the code changelog2019. Start your server - head to linode.com/changelog
Datadog – Cloud monitoring as a service. See inside any stack, any app, at any scale, anywhere. Datadog is cloud-scale monitoring that tracks your dynamic infrastructure and applications. Plus next-generation APM. Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize end-to-end application performance. Start your free trial, install the agent, and get a free t-shirt!
X-Team – The world’s most energizing community for developers. We’re looking for Go developers to join the community and get energized. Join us at x-team.com/join
Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Learn more at fastly.com.

Featuring:

Stevenson Jean-Pierre – GitHub, X
Johnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, X
Mat Ryer – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, X
Jaana Dogan – Website, GitHub, X

Show Notes:

Kubeless - The Kubernetes native serverless framework
Knative - Building blocks that simplify how you deploy and run functions atop Kubernetes and Istio. On any cloud.
This tweet from Kelsey Hightower - “In less than 15 minutes I was able to open a new @zeithq account, install the Now cli, create a Go function, link it to GitHub, deploy it, and hit it with curl. 🤯 If this is the direction general compute is headed, count me in.”
This tweet from Ian Molee - “Watch me code, deploy, and exercise a “serverless” Go function in about a minute, using @zeithq zero-config. In 2-3 years remember @jessfraz told us about #configless in 2019!”

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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Transcript

Transcript for Go Time #96 Johnny Boursiquot:

Hello, and welcome to Go Time, the show where a diverse panel and special guests discuss all things Go is known for, including code infrastructure, distributed systems, microservices, and especially today serverless. My name is Johnny Boursiquot, and joining me today is a stellar cast of character, as Mat Ryer usually puts it, including Mat Ryer himself. Say hello, Mat.

Mat Ryer:

Hello!

Johnny Boursiquot