Rust vs Go: Better Together
While others may see Rust and Go as competitive programming languages, neither the Rust nor the …
Hi 👋🏼, I'm Steve Francia
You’re probably running my code right now. Cobra powers kubernetes, docker, and GitHub’s gh. Hugo builds millions of websites. Together, my personal projects have earned 200k+ GitHub stars.
I’ve spent three decades creating the developer stack: MongoDB’s developer experience, container standards at Docker, leading Go at Google, AI at Two Sigma. The tech was never the point. Here I write about the human stack: building products, teams, and communities that last.
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Go – On The Shoulders of Giants
This presentation was developed for Curry On and delivered as the closing keynote of the …
Drupal and the secret of my success
As my tenure on the Drupal Association was concluding, I was asked to give the Keynote for …
Why TypeScript 7.0 Was Rewritten in Go (and what it means for your dev stack)
Go was designed for systems at scale, not AI. But in 2026, it's the optimal language for agentic development. Here's why, and what it means for your team.
The Maintainer's Dilemma
Open source maintenance is breaking at scale. Can AI code review can help maintainers without breaking trust, judgment, or community.
The 9 Cost Factors
A comprehensive framework for evaluating the total, long-term economic impact of programming language choices across nine critical cost dimensions.
Why Engineers Can't Be Rational About Programming Languages
The neuroscience of why we make million dollar decisions based on identity, not data.
Benjamin Franklin Pioneered Machine Learning in 1720
Benjamin Franklin discovered gradient descent 250 years before we had the mathematics to describe it.
Cobra & Viper Fortify Security as Part of GitHub Secure Open Source Fund
When foundational open source projects like Cobra and Viper level up their security game, the entire ecosystem wins. Here's what we learned together.
spf13 Google -->
I’m leaving my role as the Product Lead for the Go Language at Google. I’m super proud of …
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
I had the pleasure of speaking with Olimpiu Pop from InfoQ about the Go language and community. …
Gophers Say GopherCon Edition
Go Time panelists Natalie & Jon join forces with Go Team members Steve Francia, Katie …
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
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
I had the privilage of joining my coworker Julie Qiu as we talked with our friends Carmen, Mat …
New Go Branding Strategy
I joined the GoTime podcast and told them EVERYTHING about Go’s new branding strategy (and …
Go Developer Survey
I joined GoTime to talk about the results of the 2016 Go Developer Survey and other interesting …
Hugo goes global
Hugo is going Global! Hugo 0.17, released today, is our best and fastest release ever! Hugo …
I’m joining the Go team at Google
I am honored to share that I have joined Google as a member of the Go team and will be …
How To Be A Good Open Source Community Member
A friend of mine who is a very talented writer recently became intrigued with open source and …