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How to Speak Go When You Think in PHP

How to Speak Go When You Think in PHP

A practical translation guide for PHP devs learning to speak fluent Go.

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André Figueira
Mar 26, 2025
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Go or PHP? Is There a Clear Choice in the Present Times | by Ankita Kapoor  | Backend Developers

At first glance, Go feels deceptively simple. There are fewer language features, less magic, and almost no opinionated structure. But once you start actually building with it - especially coming from the dynamic and highly abstracted world of PHP - it becomes clear that Go forces you to unlearn quite a few habits.

I’ve caught myself trying to reach for t…

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