Because we should always be learning something new!
Simply, to expand my coding knowledge! Coming from a background of interpreted languages (Python, R), compiled languages represent a bit of a gap in my knowledge. Though there are many to choose from, Go struck me as a good choice. It is open-sourced, actively developed, natively support concurrency, has garbage collections, and is rapidly becoming a dominant language for cloud services. One need only look at the list of companies using it!
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I'm also going to be trying out a few new tools.
Instead of the usual Makefile,
I'm going to try a Justfile,
It seems a much more intuitive,
polished version of the venerable Make.
I've also tried moving my hooks into a .githooks directory.
This way,
the necessary hooks and message template can be provided without needing external tools.
Since the setup can be handled by just,
this steamlines development for any future collaborators.
Win-win!