July Gophers @ AutogenAI - Sponsored by Dexory!
About this event
The last thing everyone wants right now: a warm welcome...BUT YOU'RE GETTING ONE ANYWAY!
Welcome one and all to July Gophers @ Autogen.AI, sponsored by Dexory!
As always, a huge thank you to AutogenAI for hosting us this month, and Dexory for sponsoring the event!
==== 📓 Agenda📓 =====
(Certain timings and orders may be subject to change)
6:30pm: Arrival, Food & Refreshments
6:55pm: Introduction
7:00pm: 🗣️ Afzal Muhammad: Building Reliable Workflow in Golang Using DBOS
DBOS (https://www.dbos.dev/) is a new framework to develop reliable workflows (or durable executions) on the cloud in a very easy way. To build a reliable workflow we usually need a mixture of idempotency, restart exactly from failure point, exactly-once processing, observable queues, and other features. Using traditional methods like AWS Lambda or Step Functions can get you only so far, before your system starts to become very complex and costly! DBOS provides all these features foundationally though a system design innovation done at MIT which keeps complexity at bay and cost to only what you use.
The Golang SDK was recently released and I would like to show how to build workflows using the SDK.
7:40pm: Raffle and Break
8:00pm: 🗣️ Charles Forsyth: Speaking More Fluently in Go
I'd written a complete web application for language learning, designed by a language teacher. The back-end was C# with EntityFramework; the front-end was Vue.js/JavaScript. On the road to Damascus (well, train to Newcastle for a Go meet-up) suddenly I decided to convert the backend to Go. I discuss how I approached that, did it, and the successful result, where the new system replaced the old without anyone noticing, including the front-end (except it was faster).
8:30pm: Raffle Winners!
9:00pm: Pub!
==== 💡 RSVP Details 💡 =====
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==== 🎉 Prizes & Discounts! 🎉 =====
JetBrains Raffle! - We have 3 free JetBrains Product licenses to give away to some of our lucky attendees!
Ardan Labs Raffle! - We're giving away one course license for Ardan Labs' Ultimate Go Bundle!
Manning Publications Raffle! - We're giving away 4 free Go e-books!
45% Manning Publications Discount - a massive discount provided by the fine people at Manning! You can also support London Gophers Events by purchasing via our affiliate link HERE - Use Code "LGMeetup45" for 45% off!
GopherConUK Raffle! - We're giving away one free ticket!!!
10% GopherConUK Discount - The lovely people over at GopherConUK have provided a discount code for GopherConUK 2026! At checkout, use code "GCUK26LGM" for 10% off!
==== 💡 Priority Queue 💡 =====
We reserve 20% of the attendee spots at our events for those who are underrepresented in tech.
If they join the waitlist and there is a reserved spot open they will be bumped into going!
These spots are reserved until the last Sunday before the event.
How do we define underrepresented? We use public surveys done by the tech community such as the ones linked below.
https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2022/#section-demographics
https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2022/#gender-and-development
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==== 🧳Looking For a New Adventure? 🧳 =====
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