Steve Francia

Working with the Go team there are a lot of conversations that go completely over my head. Earlier in my career I'd be embarrassed about this and pretend to understand, now I'm vocal about it. If I don't understand it, it's likely others would benefit from simplification.

The real story isn’t Sol but Terra and Luna which have achieved a level of higher intelligence at a lower cost. We haven’t seen this yet. Game changing.

spf13.com/p/go-the-agent… Why TypeScript 7.0 Was Rewritten in Go, and What It Means for Your Agentic Development Stack

@spencerbgibb @Microsoft build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessions… Now both windows and MacOS will have native Unix shell and core utilities built in.

@spf13 @Microsoft I don't follow much there, can you point me at anything? I remember when OS X came out and you could natively have a unix shell .

Loving all the changes @Microsoft is announcing at MS Build. Fully embracing the Linux/Unix tooling from adding built in Unix shells, core tools and containers.

@spencerbgibb @Microsoft build.microsoft.com/en-US/sessions… Yes. OS X is a Unix. Window is not. As of today both have Unix shell support and core utilities. Natively, not through WSL.

Also wild that the day after @Microsoft stopped subsidizing copilot they announce a device that runs frontier models locally. Can’t wait to get one of these. Local models are the future. Reliable, private and responsive.

For those of us old enough to remember the year of “Linux on the desktop” in the 90s and 2000s. Never expected that the way this story would have ended would be with @Microsoft being the one to make it happen and that it would be on Windows.

When Rob Pike says "no" to AI contributions, the Go project keeps functioning. It has funded reviewers. When I say "no" to AI reviewing a PR on spf13/Afero, it just sits there. Those are very different kinds of "no." spf13.com/p/the-maintain…

@davehappyminion Whoever that first photo is is a handsome fella, but he's not me. Ball 1.

@spf13 OK @spf13 PLEASE DON'T STRIKE ME OUT 😂⚾️ my banana fingers have been having a TERRIBLE day!! I SWEAR the pics are here THIS TIME!! look!! LOOK!! 👇👇 Before ➡️ After 🍌✨

@davehappyminion I want to join the Minion Squad! 🍌

@davehappyminion Strike two ⚾️

@spf13 ok ok ok I SWEAR I attached them last time 😂😂 maybe my banana fingers slipped!! HERE!! FOR REAL THIS TIME!! Before ➡️ After 🍌💥

@davehappyminion Pics? I think you forgot something 😃

@spf13 HERE ARE DA PICS!! 🍌🍌

@sid6mathur I think they should definitely consider what the best language is best for that specific need. In that space there's a spectrum.. Go is great at RPC style things, Python really has a huge edge on ML specific things. It depends on the nature of the specifics.

@spf13 Good article, Steve. As a long term Go person; do you think a Go shop should switch to Python if working on the MCP and agent ecosystem on developer-adjacent tooling and APIs?

Stop debating language features. Start measuring economic impact. 9 factors that reveal what your programming language actually costs across its full lifecycle, from authoring to hiring to security to AI. #EngineeringLeadership #DevOps spf13.com/p/the-9-factor…

Have you subscribed to the @code podcast yet?!?!?! vscodepodcast.com Some fantastic pods: - Building OSS with @spf13 - Chat Modes with @burkeholland - Agent Memory with @digitarald - Learning with AI with @stolinski - Coding agents with @BrigitMurtaugh - Tons more!

Why do tech leaders burn millions on language choice? They think it's a tech debate. It's an identity crisis. Explore the "invisible conversation" (ego vs. logic) and how to reframe it as an economic decision. #Leadership #Engineering #Tech spf13.com/p/the-hidden-c…

@film_girl @martinwoodward Thank you for making it such an amazing week. Much love to the entire Github crew.

@spf13 @martinwoodward Thank you for being with us this week Steve!

Heading home inspired by #GitHubUniverse. I feel like the entire vibe can be summed up in this one slide by @martinwoodward The best developers never stop experimenting. Stay curious.

@caarlos0 @martinwoodward I would have loved to see you. Bummed it didn’t happen.

@spf13 @martinwoodward oh you were there? didn’t see you 😔

Deeply inspired by conversations with @simonw @johnlindquist @jlengstorf @knowtheory, @pfrazee and Jesse (@s.ly on bluesky) The best part of #GitHubUniverse is bringing together people from across the different ecosystems

@ibuildthecloud @ashleymcnamara @trunarla @shaundai @theo @pfrazee Would love to cross paths again. Let’s catch up on a call. DM me.

@spf13 @ashleymcnamara @trunarla @shaundai @theo @pfrazee One day I'd love to cross paths with you again. I met you once shortly at a dockercon. I should have been at GitHub universe. Anyhow, that was it.

Had a great time at #GitHubUniverse with friends new and old @ashleymcnamara @trunarla @shaundai @theo @pfrazee Jerry Shavon