AI Summary
→ WHAT IT COVERS Go Time reviews 2023's most popular and unpopular opinions from listeners, revealing 62 total submissions with surprising agreement rates and controversial takes on development practices. → KEY INSIGHTS - **Opinion Polling Results:** 37 of 62 opinions were popular, 21 unpopular, showing Go community agrees more than disagrees on technical and non-technical topics submitted throughout year. - **Microservices Architecture:** Start projects with monoliths instead of drawing microservices on whiteboards first - easier to fix design mistakes in single codebase than distributed systems. - **Technical Decision Making:** Fear of looking dumb drives poor architectural choices as engineers stay quiet about crazy decisions to avoid appearing unintelligent in brutal tech industry. - **Tool Selection Strategy:** Best tool for job isn't always best choice - using familiar technology like Postgres instead of specialized tools reduces complexity and maintenance overhead. → NOTABLE MOMENT One developer claimed TikTok provides the most unbiased news available, earning 95% disagreement and becoming the year's most unpopular opinion among Go Time listeners. 💼 SPONSORS [{"name": "Fly.io", "url": "https://fly.io"}, {"name": "Timescale", "url": "https://timescale.com/ai"}, {"name": "JetBrains", "url": "https://jetbrains.com/go"}] 🏷️ Go Programming, Software Architecture, Developer Opinions, Tech Community