# SuperPaintman/the-evolution-of-a-go-programmer

The Evolution of a Go Programmer

Repository: https://github.com/SuperPaintman/the-evolution-of-a-go-programmer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/the-evolution-of-a-go-programmer
Language: Go
License Family: other
Topics: golang, go, roadmap, developer-roadmap, go-roadmap
Last push: 2024-06-14T07:32:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2397, "days_push": 810, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1325, forks 57 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:22.530268+00:00)

## What it is
A humorous educational repository showing how the same factorial program evolves from junior to senior Go programmer styles, ending with Rob Pike's simple version. It is a tribute to the classic 'Evolution of a Programmer' joke.

## Use cases
- learn idiomatic go by example
- see how go code style evolves with experience
- funny examples of overengineered go code
- introduction to go programming patterns
- teach junior developers to write simple go

## When to choose
- you want a lighthearted introduction to idiomatic Go style
- you are teaching or mentoring new Go developers about simplicity
- you want a quick laugh about overengineering

## When to avoid
- you need production-ready factorial or math code
- you want a comprehensive Go tutorial or course
- you need a maintained library with a license

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: developer-tools
- domain: programming-languages, tutorials, developer-tools
- platform: go
- tags: humor, go-programming, code-evolution, educational

## Member repositories
- SuperPaintman/the-evolution-of-a-go-programmer (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.530268+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:46:26.050013+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/SuperPaintman/the-evolution-of-a-go-programmer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:22.530268+00:00, sha df4d087dd266)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.