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Benjamin Bryant. Former Go Developer Advocate @ JetBrains and London Gophers Organiser. This Blog Is Now Semi-Open

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Can I Make The Ultimate Art App in 5 Days? | Behind The Scenes

Hello! I made a video! A 20 minute one. Between you and me there was no way I was posting a 20 minute video directly to LinkedIn. But, I wanted to jot up some words about it, because why not. I’ll link the video in a bit, but

New SideQuest: Make a Dollar

To be more specific. A creative Dollar Yesterday I was reading a post online about how someone finally made $9 dollars from a set of videos they’d been working on over the course of six months and just how proud they were of it, even though it was

The Interviewing Report: Things Are Off To A Rocky Start

Hello and welcome again to my dead blog. As you may know from last time , I’ve started doing tech interviews again and things are definitely off to a bit of a rocky start.  This article will go over my past few interviews and discuss the results and

So, I've Started Doing Tech Interviews Again

Yo! Welcome to my dead blog. I created it for my time attempting to become and then being the Go developer advocate for JetBrains during 2023. It’s been around 7 months, since I departed ( as explained here ) and well, as the title suggests, I’ve started doing

The Road to Advocacy - End of The Line

Hello Reader! This is my final article. Well, at least the final article I am publishing on this website. The website will still be public for the foreseeable future. I’m just retiring the name ‘Jaminologist’, for reasons you will see in like two seconds. On July

GoLab 2023: The Ultimate Review

Last week I attended GoLab in Florence. It was an honestly beautiful send off to 2023. Florence is a delightful location, and the conference made it even more magical. GoLab had an ambitious scope, but I believe the team behind GoLab were more than up to the task. The entire

GopherCon 2023: The Ultimate Review - We International Now!

That’s right peeps, We International Now! Last week was the ninth edition of GopherCon and took place in Sunny San Diego from the 25th-28th of September. It was my first time heading to the States in nearly two decades and it was one heck of a jam-

GopherCon UK 2023: The Ultimate Review - We're So Back!

Happy Today Y’all. Last Thursday was the beginning of GopherCon UK . I had another swing at hosting this time around and had a little on-stage action, but we’ll get to that. Reports and rumours are flooding the interneto-sphere, saying that this conference had some

GopherCon Europe 2023: A Totally Nonprehensive Recap

Last Tuesday, I visited GopherCon Europe . ‘Visit’ being the less optimal word, as this time round I was actually an active participant! No no, I did nothing as illustrious as give a talk , host or organise the event, but I helped make the window dressing that much brighter.

April 2023 - Jam Session

Man, it feels weird to be typing again. I feel I’ve locked myself behind the video editing screen the past few weeks. Though, with what I want to do in May I don’t see that changing soon. Anyway, as I’ve severely lost time for

Thoughts on March - Mini Retrospective

Mini being the operative word. 500 words or less! Let’s start with the main highlights. What He Just Said Meeting The GoLand Team in Munich, Germany Originally I wanted to write an entire article about the trip, but have negotiated my way down to this paragraph. It was

Go: Around The World - Kathmandu, Nepal - Milap Neupane - Ain't Go Mountain High Enough

नमस्ते! Welcome to the 4th article in the Go: Around The World series, where I look at the many gophers, places and projects that make up this wondrous world. Today we’re going to be visiting Nepal! Milap Neupane Our special guest today is:

GopherCon Israel 2023: A Totally Comprehensive Review

Last Tuesday I checked out GopherCon Israel , live and in person! It was pretty exciting, as it was my first time representing JetBrains at a Go conference. If you’re curious about the comings and goings of the event, look no further than here. I promise by the end

Conversations - Catarina Bombaça - Go First Impressions and Learning on The Job

Hello! A few weeks ago I had an unplanned interview with Catarina Bombaça ( LinkedIn ). A Professional Go Developer, GopherCon UK 2022 speaker and someone who helped to host November Gophers @ SaltPay . What’s an unplanned interview? One where we sort of just chat and see if we

Go: Around the World - France, Nice - Inspirations, TinyGo and Hens

Bonjour! Welcome to the 3rd article in the Go: Around The World series, where I look at the many gophers, places and projects that make up this wondrous world. Today we’re going to be visiting France! C’est parti!! Our special guest today is: Donia Chaiehloudj ( Mastodon