Deprecate the Error Interface

Another week, another Kris & Matt duo episode! This week, they're picking up where Bryan Cantrill's "Complexity of Simplicity" framework left off and asking what it means for Go's future. Kris argues Go is squarely rebellious (simple and emergent) and that the community needs to stop appealing to the Go team and start owning the ecosystem. The episode builds to a (potentially unpopular) proposal: deprecate the error interface.

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Table of Contents:

• Prologue (00:00:00)
• Chapter 1: Catching Up and Guest Plans (00:00:56)
• Chapter 4: Go as a Rebellious Language (00:05:38)
• Chapter 6: Go's Unique Position: Rebellious and Revolutionary (00:09:40)
• Chapter 7: Modules, SemVer, and Where Go Missteps (00:12:55)
• Chapter 8: Stop Appealing to the Go Team (00:16:01)
• Chapter 9: Building a Community-Owned Ecosystem (00:24:46)
• Chapter 10: Recapturing Go's Excitement (00:32:09)
• Chapter 11: The Problem With the Error Interface (00:41:01)
• Chapter 12: Multiple Returns and Deprecating the Error Interface (00:48:06)
• Epilogue (00:56:13)

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• Kris Brandow - Host
• Matthew Sanabria - Host

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• (00:00) - Prologue
• (00:56) - Chapter 1: Catching Up and Guest Plans
• (05:38) - Chapter 4: Go as a Rebellious Language
• (09:40) - Chapter 6: Go's Unique Position: Rebellious and Revolutionary
• (12:55) - Chapter 7: Modules, SemVer, and Where Go Missteps
• (16:01) - Chapter 8: Stop Appealing to the Go Team
• (24:46) - Chapter 9: Building a Community-Owned Ecosystem
• (32:09) - Chapter 10: Recapturing Go's Excitement
• (41:01) - Chapter 11: The Problem With the Error Interface
• (48:06) - Chapter 12: Multiple Returns and Deprecating the Error Interface
• (56:13) - Epilogue