WebAssembly in Go: Bridging Web & Backend

Presenters Dhruv Sagar Source Gophercon India 2025 🚀 WebAssembly & JavaScript: A Powerful Partnership for the Future of Web Development 🌐 Have you ever felt the frustration of maintaining separate codebases for your front-end and back-end? The inconsistencies, the duplicated effort – it’s a common pain point for web developers. What if there was a way to share code, improve performance, and unlock new possibilities for your web applications? Enter WebAssembly (Wasm), and it’s not here to replace JavaScript, but to complement it. ...

September 19, 2025 · 4 min

High Performance PyData Tools by Adding Go to the Mix

Presenters Prasun Anand Source Gophercon India 2025 🚀 Say Goodbye to Jupyter Lag: Introducing Zasper, the Go-Powered Notebook Alternative! ✨ For years, Jupyter notebooks have been the go-to tool for Python data scientists. But let’s be honest, they’re not without their frustrations. Crashes, slow performance, and deployment headaches – we’ve all been there. But what if there was a better way? Enter Zasper, a high-performance Jupyter notebook alternative built with Go, and poised to revolutionize your data science workflow. ...

September 19, 2025 · 3 min

From Cash to Digital: Evolution of Payments Infrastructure

Presenters Kshitij Pratihast Source Gophercon India 2025 Scaling Citizen Payments: Lessons from Building a System for 20 Billion Transactions a Month 🚀 Ever wondered how a payment system can handle billions of transactions every month, reliably and securely? The recent presentation on the journey of UPI (Unified Payments Interface) and its underlying infrastructure provided a fascinating deep dive into the architecture, evolution, and key principles behind a system designed for citizen-scale impact. Let’s explore the key takeaways! ...

September 19, 2025 · 4 min

United we Compile: Cross Compelling CGO (with Zig)

Presenters Alex Rios Source Gophercon India 2025 🚀 United We Compile: Zig vs. Go Cross-Compilation – A Developer’s Dream? Cross-compilation – the ability to build software for different operating systems and architectures – is a cornerstone of modern development. But let’s be honest, it can often feel more like a frustrating puzzle than a streamlined process. If you’re a Go developer, you know this struggle firsthand. But what if there was a better way? That’s what Alex, a senior staff engineer with a fintech background, explored in a fascinating presentation on cross-compilation, focusing on Zig as a compelling alternative to Go’s traditional approach. Let’s dive in! ...

September 19, 2025 · 4 min

Why we hate recycling with Elaine Brown and Ross Cockburn

Presenters Elaine Brown Ross Cockburn Gaël Duez Source Green IO podcast ♻️ From Waste to Wonder: Building a Circular Future for IT 🌐 We live in a world obsessed with the latest gadgets. But what happens to all those old laptops, phones, and tablets when they’re replaced? Too often, they end up as e-waste, contributing to environmental damage and social inequality. But there’s a growing movement to change that, and it’s incredibly exciting! Let’s dive into how we can transform the way we think about and manage IT equipment, moving from a linear “take-make-dispose” model to a circular economy where technology serves people and the planet. 🚀 ...

September 18, 2025 · 4 min