--- title: "The videos from GopherCon 2019 are here" publication: "Go Weekly" issue: 277 published_at: "2019-08-29" canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/277" --- The latest Go development news #277 — August 29, 2019 [Read on the Web](https://golangweekly.com/issues/277) Golang Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/pnttge1ehjg2gx0tk7u3.jpg)](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2ntRZ1ySWBdDyspRTNBIKES1Y-P__59_#gophercon2019) ▶[28 Videos from GopherCon 2019](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2ntRZ1ySWBdDyspRTNBIKES1Y-P__59_#gophercon2019) — [GopherCon 2019](https://www.gophercon.com/) took place last month in San Diego, California, and was _packed_ with great talks. If you didn’t get to go, now is a perfect time to catch up. Some of the highlights we've checked out so far: - Russ Cox took us on [a tour of the path to Go 2.0.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNHo788oO5Y&list=PL2ntRZ1ySWBdDyspRTNBIKES1Y-P__59_&index=4&t=0s) - GitHub's Jessica Lucci shared [the story of how GitHub manages its use of Go.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIWQeTL4gpQ&list=PL2ntRZ1ySWBdDyspRTNBIKES1Y-P__59_&index=12) - Ian Lance Taylor dug deep [on the topic of generics in Go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzgLqE-3IhY&list=PL2ntRZ1ySWBdDyspRTNBIKES1Y-P__59_&index=15), currently a popular topic in the Go world. - Ron Evans showed us [how Go is going to be big on microcontrollers.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiB9ZVrvrz0&list=PL2ntRZ1ySWBdDyspRTNBIKES1Y-P__59_&index=26) - Carolyn Van Slyck demonstrated [how to create command line tools people will love.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMz0vni6PAw&list=PL2ntRZ1ySWBdDyspRTNBIKES1Y-P__59_&index=10) **If you don’t like videos,** Sourcegraph has collected together [an extensive set of detailed, live blogged notes](https://about.sourcegraph.com/go/) about the major talks too so you can learn more about [building HTTP services in Go](https://about.sourcegraph.com/go/gophercon-2019-how-i-write-http-web-services-after-eight-years), [how sockets work](https://about.sourcegraph.com/go/gophercon-2019-socket-to-me-where-do-sockets-live-in-go), [optimizing Go code](https://about.sourcegraph.com/go/gophercon-2019-optimizing-go-code-without-a-blindfold), and more besides. 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