about the authors

Joel Holmes is a software developer who has been focused on building cloud native applications. He has worked at several start-ups helping architect, design, and develop new products and services to help those companies develop and grow. Along the way, he was able to help establish tools and processes that helped development and increased quality. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family and currently works building cloud applications at EasyPost.

Andy Walker is a software engineer living in Columbia, Maryland and working in threat intelligence. Originally from Charleston, West Virginia, he has been working with computers ever since he destroyed the family 286 at the age of 12 and had to restore it “from, like, 30 floppy disks.” A consummate generalist, he is never so happy as when he is learning new skills and creating art, music, food, or useless widgets on a 3D printer.

William Kennedy is a managing partner at Ardan Labs in Miami, Florida. Ardan is a group of passionate engineers, artists, and business professionals focused on building and delivering reliable, secure, and scalable solutions. Bill is also the author of Go in Action and the Ultimate Go Notebook, plus the author of over 100 blog posts and articles about Go. Lastly, he is a founding member of GoBridge and the GDN, which are organizations working to increase Go adoption through diversity.