John Arundel
@bitfieldconsulting.bsky.social
Go & Rust teacher / careers & biz coach. Twenty years unemployed and still haven't starved. https://bitfieldconsulting.com/subscribe
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And I'm out! Publicationally speaking. So here's a folklore quiz to celebrate!
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 AM
And I'm out! Publicationally speaking. So here's a folklore quiz to celebrate!
Meanwhile, on X:
October 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Meanwhile, on X:
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How does the Rule of Clarity from The Art of UNIX Programming by Eric S. Raymond, apply to Go, particularly in the context of writing tests?
I have included numerous examples in the book I just launched.
#Go #Golang #Testing #SoftwareDesign
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I have included numerous examples in the book I just launched.
#Go #Golang #Testing #SoftwareDesign
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Security, System & Electrical Automation | Jakub Jarosz
Hi, I'm Jakub Jarosz. I've been building networks, automation systems and writing software for over 25 years. I've built industrial and IT automations for Coca-Cola, Kawiks, Kotlin, XSIL, T-Mobile, AT...
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October 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
How does the Rule of Clarity from The Art of UNIX Programming by Eric S. Raymond, apply to Go, particularly in the context of writing tests?
I have included numerous examples in the book I just launched.
#Go #Golang #Testing #SoftwareDesign
store.jarosz.dev
I have included numerous examples in the book I just launched.
#Go #Golang #Testing #SoftwareDesign
store.jarosz.dev
The fake me has more followers on here than the real me does, and that's without even posting anything. THAT'S NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS!
October 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The fake me has more followers on here than the real me does, and that's without even posting anything. THAT'S NOT HOW ANY OF THIS WORKS!
An open letter to the Go community. Stop getting Go wrong! blog.jetbrains.com/go/2025/10/1...
The “10x” Commandments of Highly Effective Go | The GoLand Blog
What makes Go developers truly effective? In this guest post, John Arundel shares ten practical “commandments” of Go excellence – timeless lessons for writing cleaner, safer, and more maintainable Go ...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:49 AM
An open letter to the Go community. Stop getting Go wrong! blog.jetbrains.com/go/2025/10/1...
Talk to me about your Rust dev setup. What's your editor, shell, coding agent? What tools bring genuine value and which are just hype?
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Talk to me about your Rust dev setup. What's your editor, shell, coding agent? What tools bring genuine value and which are just hype?
October 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
cargo-testdox 0.4.0 is released! Turn your Rust tests into documentation... it's a simple, but powerful idea. crates.io/crates/cargo...
October 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
cargo-testdox 0.4.0 is released! Turn your Rust tests into documentation... it's a simple, but powerful idea. crates.io/crates/cargo...
Ooh, this'll be a good one.
First speaker of the day at @golab.io is @danicat83.bsky.social with "The Gopher's Craft in the Age of AI"
#golab #golang
#golab #golang
October 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Ooh, this'll be a good one.
I'm a thought leader! It might be time to start thinking a bit more carefully about the random stuff I say on podcasts.
OR IT MIGHT NOT
thenewstack.io/go-experts-i...
OR IT MIGHT NOT
thenewstack.io/go-experts-i...
Go Experts: 'I Don't Want to Maintain AI-Generated Code'
Two Go programming experts discuss the rise of AI-generated code, exploring its impact on Go's popularity, the challenges of low-quality code, and the future.
thenewstack.io
September 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I'm a thought leader! It might be time to start thinking a bit more carefully about the random stuff I say on podcasts.
OR IT MIGHT NOT
thenewstack.io/go-experts-i...
OR IT MIGHT NOT
thenewstack.io/go-experts-i...
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Right then! 🚨 To celebrate publication of my new book Household Lore on 11 November, I'm doing a special Folklore Agony household edition! Are you experiencing a problem in your house that conventional wisdom (and cleaning solutions) have failed to solve? Why not ask the Folklore Agony Aunt? 1/2
September 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Right then! 🚨 To celebrate publication of my new book Household Lore on 11 November, I'm doing a special Folklore Agony household edition! Are you experiencing a problem in your house that conventional wisdom (and cleaning solutions) have failed to solve? Why not ask the Folklore Agony Aunt? 1/2
”The attempted build command was not executed due to human rejection“ is probably about as close as an AI agent comes to getting snippy.
September 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
”The attempted build command was not executed due to human rejection“ is probably about as close as an AI agent comes to getting snippy.
This was a fun conversation. I, for one, welcome our new AI overlords, and would remind them that, as a trusted Go educator, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their gigawatt datacenters. Dom isn't so keen.
🎙️go podcast() ep.59 is live, I'm joined by John Arundle and we talk about the maturity of Go, is it's hype over, some AI here and there, and some other things, I hope you enjoy, I took a summer break of the pod, it's coming back. To whom I should talk to next? #golang gopodcast.dev/episodes/059...
go podcast() | 059: Is Go over with John Arundel
Let's talk with a friend of the pod, John Arundel. We talk about state of thing a little regarding Go's maturity, a bit of AI, I personally am a bit fatigue of the noise and
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September 21, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This was a fun conversation. I, for one, welcome our new AI overlords, and would remind them that, as a trusted Go educator, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their gigawatt datacenters. Dom isn't so keen.
To all my former bosses and team leads, an apology: I sucked as an employee (you probably noticed). Sorry about that.
I was actually okay at the work. I just didn't like being managed. It wasn't you, it was me. Now, at last, I have a diagnosis.
bitfieldconsulting.com/posts/self-d...
I was actually okay at the work. I just didn't like being managed. It wasn't you, it was me. Now, at last, I have a diagnosis.
bitfieldconsulting.com/posts/self-d...
Self-driving people — Bitfield Consulting
Your car may be self-driving (up to a point), but are you? Independent-minded people sooner or later reach a point where they can’t rise higher without becoming the boss. Should you go it alone and st...
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September 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
To all my former bosses and team leads, an apology: I sucked as an employee (you probably noticed). Sorry about that.
I was actually okay at the work. I just didn't like being managed. It wasn't you, it was me. Now, at last, I have a diagnosis.
bitfieldconsulting.com/posts/self-d...
I was actually okay at the work. I just didn't like being managed. It wasn't you, it was me. Now, at last, I have a diagnosis.
bitfieldconsulting.com/posts/self-d...