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James Linnell
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Software Engineer / San Diego / 🏳️‍🌈 / craving an espresso martini / have a cat

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ADHDers could never
August 7, 2025 at 2:18 PM
TIL! I suppose I can retroactively preface earlier comments with: unique among more popular languages. Go is certainly unique when compared to: C#, Python, JS, Rust, Swift, Java, C/C++, and the like. IME Clojure, Elixir, Scheme are all very valid and noteworthy langs but less widely discussed/used.
August 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I'd also argue that Go's resistance to add every language feature and shiny new thing is a feature in itself. It prides stability and function over features. Compared to C#, Rust, Swift, JavaScript/TypeScript and the like, it feels like a breath of fresh air to me.
August 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Native concurrency using green threads and channels over mutexes and semaphores, and from the get go at that (not tacking on async/await after v1 as an after thought like many others). And duck typing over OOP and inheritance. Not entirely unique but it strays from the average.
August 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
That's why I applaud Go for straying from the norm to solve problems with unique solutions.
August 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
You can drag the address bar up and it animates into the tabs. Not intuitive until you stumble upon it, but it's quick at least and not two taps.
July 22, 2025 at 2:10 PM
It's difficult to be in a good mood on the eve of total dictatorship :/
June 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
It sounds like that's basically what the judge is demanding. This article does a terrible job at framing the story. It should emphasize more that the initial flight took place after the judge already disallowed it from happening. It's giving too much voice to ICE and their illogical statements.
June 6, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Go is simply the best 😌
May 28, 2025 at 3:22 AM
That's why it's so great 🙂‍↕️
March 16, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Love that Better Buzz!
March 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM