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Hacking with Andrew and Brad: tip.golang.org

Hacking with Andrew and Brad: tip.golang.org on HackerTube: recommended by 4 Hacker News commenters across 4 separate months, 2019–2024.

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A roughly hour-long live hacking session in which Go team members Andrew Gerrand and Brad Fitzpatrick write the new version of tip.golang.org, the site serving leading-edge Go documentation. It is unedited pair programming on a real Go project.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people point to it as a rare chance to watch skilled developers write real code live, pair programming and explaining as they go.

people recommended it
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2019–2024
“It's just something to watch the pros doing live coding.”
— diehunde, Sep 2020, in “YouTube Channels to Level Up Your Programming Skills”

What HN commenters said

4 Hacker News comments link this video. Each one links back to its thread.

ryanolsonxMar 2024Recommends

If you've never seen anyone work with syntax highlighting off, there are some YouTube videos that inspired me to try coding with syntax highlighting off: 1. "Hacking with Andrew and Brad" - Andrew Gerrand (previously on the Go core team) uses Vim without syntax highlighting.[0] 2. "Advanced Embed With Go Generate - Andy Walker" -- this guy uses bold/italics/few colors in his editor. Interesting visual on how you can use font to show different aspects of the code.[1][2] 3. "Visual Studio Code, No Syntax Coloring, Go Fonts" [3] 4. "stb programming FAQ" - Sean Barrett answers why he uses VC6 and why his syntax highlighting is so minimal.[4] [0]: ▶ this video [1]: [link] [2]: [link] [3]: [link] [4]: [link]

in “:syntax off (2016)” · View on HN

otrasOct 2022Recommends

I’d recommend these two pair programming videos of Andrew Gerrand and Brad Fitzpatrick working on Go related projects. ▶ this video [link]

in “Ask HN: Where to watch skilled developers writing code and explaining ideas?” · View on HN

diehundeSep 2020Recommends

I also recommend "Hacking with Andrew and Brad: tip.golang.org" [1]. They are part of the Go team. It's just something to watch the pros doing live coding. By the way, what's with antirez's colorscheme? I wonder if he really uses that blue background or is it just for the video. [1] ▶ this video

in “YouTube Channels to Level Up Your Programming Skills” · View on HN

NebbersApr 2019Recommends

Would you mind sharing who you watch? I have found a few good ones but feel like there are loads I am missing! Best video I have found to date is ▶ this video but there are only 2

in “Orange_slice: Research Kernel and Hypervisor in Rust” · View on HN

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C, C++, Rust, Go & systems languagesSoftware practice, open source & careersgolangpair programminglive codingweb servicesbrad fitzpatrick