Nov 3 – 5, 2023
Riga, Latvia
Europe/Riga timezone

A better way to talk to your SQL databases in Go

Not scheduled
5m
Riga, Latvia

Riga, Latvia

Radisson Blu Latvija Hotel Elizabetes Street 55, LV-1010, Riga, Latvia
Lightning Talk (5 min) Application Ecosystem

Speaker

Alastair Flynn
Canonical

Description

Have you ever used Go to communicate with SQL databases? Were you left feeling frustrated by the lack of quality options out there? Well worry no more, a new Go database library developed by canonical has just landed: SQLair.

I'll give you a quick overview of the library and show you how to make your Go database interactions a smooth and pleasant ride.

Session author's bio

Alastair is an enthusiastic techie with a penchant for doing things the hard way and diving into the guts of a problem. As an engineer at Canonical he operates in the office of the CTO where he works on projects related to cloud computing, primarily in the Go programming langauge. He has a passion for open source software and its positive social impact on the world. When not immersed in the depths of a terminal, tinkering with his home server, Alastair can be found exploring the outdoors, running or playing the piano up in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Level of Difficulty Intermediate

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