Learning Golang with Real Projects
There’s a particular itch I get when learning new tech concepts. Reading docs and watching tutorials helps, but the knowledge stays hazy until I open the hood and build something myself. So I started a project: implement small but interesting systems in Go, working with the garage door open.
This isn’t pure “vibe coding.” I’m using AI to scaffold and accelerate, but the goal is understanding, not just shipping. The first “Hello World” system: a rate limiter. It has enough complexity to be interesting, bounded enough to complete in a short span.
I started off the implementation by auto-complete with an AI copilot first, nothing more. And throughout this project, I’ve learned more than I expected. Now I truly believe that creating something greatly helps understanding. And AI helps much of the implementation burdens.
In the future, I’ll experiment with more sophisticated “vibe-coding” techniques and see how far I’ll go.