github.com/graybobo/golang.org-package-offline-cache@v0.0.0-20200626051047-6608995c132f/x/blog/content/gouk15.article (about) 1 GolangUK 2015 2 09 Oct 2015 3 Tags: conference, golanguk 4 5 Francesc Campoy 6 7 * Introduction 8 9 On August 21st the Go community gathered in London for the first edition of 10 [[https://golanguk.com][Golang UK]]. The conference featured two parallel 11 tracks and nearly 400 gophers attended. 12 13 .image gouk15/gouk.jpg 300 _ 14 15 The conference started with the opening keynote by [[https://twitter.com/calavera][David Calavera]] 16 called Crossing the Language Chasm ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPVRnEZ4v_w&list=PLDWZ5uzn69ezRJYeWxYNRMYebvf8DerHd][video]]) 17 and continued with two concurrently executed [[http://golanguk.com/schedule/][tracks]]. 18 19 Main track: 20 21 - Stupid Gopher Tricks, by [[https://twitter.com/enneff][Andrew Gerrand]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UECh7X07m6E&list=PLDWZ5uzn69ezRJYeWxYNRMYebvf8DerHd][video]]) 22 - Complex Concurrency Patterns in Go, by [[https://twitter.com/eapache][Evan Huus]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HOO5gIgyMg&list=PLDWZ5uzn69ezRJYeWxYNRMYebvf8DerHd][video]]) 23 - Code Analysis [no reading required], by [[https://twitter.com/francesc][Francesc Campoy]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oorX84tBMqo&list=PLDWZ5uzn69ezRJYeWxYNRMYebvf8DerHd][video]]) 24 - Go kit: a toolkit for microservices [[https://twitter.com/peterbourgon][Peter Bourgon]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL6sd4d4hxk&list=PLDWZ5uzn69ezRJYeWxYNRMYebvf8DerHd][video]]) 25 - Dependency Management Conundrum, by [[https://twitter.com/goinggodotnet][William Kennedy]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdhucJShJU8&list=PLDWZ5uzn69ezRJYeWxYNRMYebvf8DerHd][video]]) 26 27 Side track: 28 29 - Building APIs, by [[https://twitter.com/matryer][Mat Ryer]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIm8UkSf6RA&list=PLDWZ5uzn69ezRJYeWxYNRMYebvf8DerHd][video]]) 30 - Building a Bank with Go, by [[https://twitter.com/mattheath][Matt Heath]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFJkLfujOts&list=PLDWZ5uzn69ezRJYeWxYNRMYebvf8DerHd][video]]) 31 - CockroachDB: Make Data Easy, by [[https://twitter.com/bendarnell][Ben Darnell]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33oqpLmQ3LE&list=PLDWZ5uzn69ezRJYeWxYNRMYebvf8DerHd][video]]) 32 - Understanding memory allocation in Go, by [[https://twitter.com/DeanElbaz][Dean Elbaz]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjoieOpy5hE&list=PLDWZ5uzn69ezRJYeWxYNRMYebvf8DerHd][video]]) 33 - Whispered Secrets, by [[https://twitter.com/feyeleanor][Eleanor McHugh]] ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViBRx-F4Z2U&list=PLDWZ5uzn69ezRJYeWxYNRMYebvf8DerHd][video]]) 34 35 Finally [[https://twitter.com/dgryski][Damian Gryski]] took the stage for the 36 closing keynote ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiSyFc10Jj0&list=PLDWZ5uzn69ezRJYeWxYNRMYebvf8DerHd][video]]), 37 giving an overview of how the Go community has evolved over time and hinting 38 to what the future might look like. 39 40 On the day before the conference [[https://twitter.com/goinggodotnet][William Kennedy]] 41 gave a full day Go workshop. 42 43 It was a great conference, so congratulations to the organizers and see you next year in London!