Pointers

A Beginner Explains Pointers in Go: The Thing That Made Me Quit Coding (And Why I'm Back Now)

I learned about pointers 10 years ago… and I hated them. I still hate them. But now at least I can explain them, which, by some strange software industry law, qualifies me for a senior dev role. Flashback: Engineering School and Existential Crisis Back in electronics engineering, we were handed C++ for one semester and told, “Here, go build your future.” By Day 2, we were doing pointers - not the helpful kind, but the kind that break your code, your compiler, and your soul. ...

Day 2 of Learning Go: The Pointers I Finally Understood (10 Years Later)

Today was Day 2 of learning Go, and to be honest, I didn’t have much time to dedicate. But I still wanted to make some progress. So I wrapped up the Pointers module from Maximilian Schwarzmüller’s Go: The Complete Guide course — and for the first time in my life, I feel like pointers actually make sense to me. 10 Years Too Late Back in college, I studied C++ as part of my Electronics Engineering degree. And I’ll be real: pointers felt like dark magic. ...