Acknowledgments

We have spent over 18 months writing this book, but none of our efforts would have been possible without the support of many people—our families, friends, colleagues, and mentors; the entire Go community; and our publisher, Manning.

When you’re writing a book like this, you need an editor who will not only share the good but help you through the bad and be there for you at all cost. Jennifer Stout, you’re a brilliant, nurturing, and amazing friend. Thank you for everything and for being there when we needed you the most. Thank you for making this book a reality. Thanks also to all the other folks at Manning who worked with us during the development and production of our book.

You can’t know everything, so it requires a community of people to give their time and knowledge. We thank the Go community and everyone who participated in reviews and provided feedback on the manuscript at various stages of its development, especially Adam McKay, Alex Basile, Alex Jacinto, Alex Vidal, Anjan Bacchu, Benoît Benedetti, Bill Katz, Brian Hetro, Colin Kennedy, Doug Sparling, Jeffrey Lim, Jesse Evans, Kevin Jackson, Mark Fisher, Matt Zulak, Paulo Pires, Peter Krey, Philipp K. Janert, Sam Zaydel, and Thomas O’Rourke. Thanks also to Jimmy Frasché for his careful technical review of the final manuscript shortly before it went into production.

There are a few other people who need to be acknowledged in particular.