Whalebone at Gophercamp 2025: Where Go, Security, and Community Meet

Last week, we took part in the first Gophercamp of 2025 – a one-day conference dedicated to the Go programming language, hosted at Clubco in Brno. The event brought together engineers, open-source contributors, and tech companies with one thing in common: they build in Go.

At Whalebone, Go is our primary language. It’s the backbone of the security services we develop and operate every day — systems that protect millions of users globally, in real time.
That’s why it made complete sense for us to be there — not just as attendees, but as active contributors.

“We see ourselves as part of the Go community. We want to give back, share what we’ve learned, and grow together — not just as a company, but as people who care about building things that matter.”
— Jan Bleha, Event Manager at Whalebone

What did we bring?

Our engineering team spent the day sharing what it’s like to work with Go at Whalebone — including how we think about architecture, performance, and reliability in the context of real-world network security.

Visitors could meet us at our booth, dive into technical discussions with our developers, and see how we use Go to build scalable services that handle massive traffic, often in milliseconds.

At 11:00 AM, our colleague Adam Král gave a talk titled “Memory scavenging in Go” — breaking down how Go manages memory in the background and why that matters when you care about performance and system stability.

Whether someone came for the talk or just for a chat over coffee, we were glad to exchange ideas, share what we’re working on, and get inspired by others in the Go community.

Looking for more than just tech?

We also had our recruiter Natálie Šimková on-site, ready to speak with anyone interested in joining the Whalebone team.
We don't just talk about what we do — we want people to understand how we do it, who we look for, and what kind of environment they can expect here.

We value clarity, accountability, and curiosity — and we’re building a space where engineers have both autonomy and strong support. If that sounds like a place you'd want to work, we’d love to talk.

Interested in joining us?

Take a look at our open positions for Go developers and learn more about how we work, what we build, and what it means to be part of Whalebone.