Hey, I’m Steve Francia

I design and develop experiences that make developers lives simple.

You may know me from helping to build the Go Language, Docker, MongoDB, and Drupal & creating Hugo, Cobra, and spf13-vim. Here I publish my thoughts on technology, open source, and life.

Hey, I'm Steve Francia
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I’m leaving my role as the Product Lead for the Go Language at Google. I’m super proud of …

The New spf13.com

The New spf13.com

I’m proud to present the new and improved spf13.com a dramatic redesign of the very first …

InfoQ interview - Go Language at 13 Years

InfoQ interview - Go Language at 13 Years

I had the pleasure of speaking with Olimpiu Pop from InfoQ about the Go language and community. …

Gophers Say GopherCon Edition

Gophers Say GopherCon Edition

Go Time panelists Natalie & Jon join forces with Go Team members Steve Francia, Katie …

Modern Enterprise Applications with Go - Go Day 2021

Modern Enterprise Applications with Go - Go Day 2021

Go, the language of cloud infrastructure, is maturing into the language of modern enterprise …

Google Cloud Next 2021 - Modern Enterprise Applications with Go

Google Cloud Next 2021 - Modern Enterprise Applications with Go

Over the past couple of years, Go has matured to a complete end-to-end offering with seamless …

Rust vs Go Panel at RustLab Conference

Rust vs Go Panel at RustLab Conference

The folks at Develer liked JT’s and my article Rust vs Go - Better together so much they …

Rust vs Go: Better Together

Rust vs Go: Better Together

While others may see Rust and Go as competitive programming languages, neither the Rust nor the …

Break things on purpose podcast

Break things on purpose podcast

I had the privilage of sitting down with my friend Jason Yee as a guest on his podcast. Listen …

Grokking Go.dev - Go Time Podcast

Grokking Go.dev - Go Time Podcast

I had the privilage of joining my coworker Julie Qiu as we talked with our friends Carmen, Mat …

The Legacy of Go

The Legacy of Go

This presentation was developed for GoLab in Firenze Italy and delivered as the closing keynote …

Go Q&A Session - Utah Go Users Group

Go Q&A Session - Utah Go Users Group

I was traveling with my son in Utah, visiting my old university and connected with our Go Users …

What Should a Modern Practical Programming Language Look Like

What Should a Modern Practical Programming Language Look Like

Keynote delivered at The Landing Festival – Berlin. This presentation describes the many …

Product Management for Everyone

Product Management for Everyone

An interactive workshop developed for and given at the Landing Festival in Berlin 2019.

This …

Go – On The Shoulders of Giants

Go – On The Shoulders of Giants

This presentation was developed for Curry On and delivered as the closing keynote of the …

演讲:Go, a global phenomenon (英语演讲)

演讲:Go, a global phenomenon (英语演讲)

This presentation was given in 深圳市 China, July 2018 as part of the InfoQ ArchSummit conference. …

New Go Branding Strategy

New Go Branding Strategy

I joined the GoTime podcast and told them EVERYTHING about Go’s new branding strategy (and …

Drupal and the secret of my success

Drupal and the secret of my success

As my tenure on the Drupal Association was concluding, I was asked to give the Keynote for …