Avoiding bloat (Go Time #246)

Egon Elbre and Roger Peppe join Mat for a conversation all about bloat (and how to avoid it). Expect talk of code bloat, binary bloat, feature bloat, and an even-more-bloated-than-usual unpopular opinion segment.

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Featuring:

• Egon Elbre – GitHub, LinkedIn, X
• Roger Peppe – GitHub, X
• Mat Ryer – GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, X

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