--- title: "Go Newsletter Issue #120" publication: "Go Weekly" issue: 120 published_at: "2016-07-28" canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/120" --- Go Newsletter 120 . [Read this on the Web](http://golangweekly.com/issues/120) [Go Newsletter](http://golangweekly.com) Issue 120 — July 28, 2016 It's been a bit of a slim week for things to pick for the newsletter this week - everyone in the Northern Hemisphere must be enjoying summer :-) The good news, then, is if you have a Go project, library, news, or tutorial to share, hit reply and we'll try our best to include it next week. Featured [GAS: A Go AST Scanner](https://github.com/HewlettPackard/gas?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Inspects source code for security problems by scanning the Go AST and matching results against a set of predefined ‘rules’. Hewlett Packard Enterprise [go-dotnet: Go Wrapper for the .NET Core Runtime](https://github.com/matiasinsaurralde/go-dotnet?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tools A proof of concept. Can help you load and run .NET EXEs or load DLLS, setup delegates, and call them from Go functions. Matias Insaurralde [Scott Mansfield Talking About Using Go at Netflix](https://changelog.com/gotime-9/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) podcast An hour long podcast with Scott Mansfield who talks about Go at Netflix, performance, latency and caching, Rend (their memcached proxy), and more. The Changelog [Point logs from logrus, go-logging, go-log, log15, or text files at Papertrail](https://papertrailapp.com/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=email&utm_term=go&utm_campaign=go-20160728) Get a flight data recorder for your apps and systems. Papertrail supports the same RFC-defined protocols that every Go logging library does, so capturing output is painless. Or, already logging to files? 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Engineers get an average of 5 offers on the platform in 1 week Hired.​com In Brief [Announcing Go 1.6 Support for Amazon Linux](https://lambda-linux.io/blog/2016/07/25/golang-support-for-amazon-linux/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) news Lambda Linux [Go 1.7 Release Candidate 3 Released](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-nuts/zIHTDAHhqVU/x_eJB_iyCgAJ?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) news google.​com [Generating Secure Random Numbers Using crypto/rand](https://elithrar.github.io/article/generating-secure-random-numbers-crypto-rand/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Matt Silverlock [A Look At Some of Go's Subtleties Regarding The Use of Interfaces](https://github.com/teh-cmc/interface-bench?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Clement Rey [Modifying A Go Slice In-Place During Iteration](https://pauladamsmith.com/blog/2016/07/go-modify-slice-iteration.html?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Paul Smith [Accelerating SHA256 by 100x in Go on ARM](https://blog.minio.io/accelerating-sha256-by-100x-in-golang-on-arm-1517225f5ff4?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) story The 64-bit ARMv8 core has introduced new instructions for SHA1 and SHA2 acceleration. Frank Wessels [On The Memory Alignment of Go Slice Values](http://blog.chewxy.com/2016/07/25/on-the-memory-alignment-of-go-slice-values/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) story Go’s slices are not aligned to a 32-byte boundary. Here’s a description of the alignment issue and two devised solutions. Xuanyi Chew [Automate your Go app delivery with Shippable](https://app.shippable.com/product.html?utm_campaign=Golang%20Newsletter%20Sponsorship&utm_content=Golang%20Newsletter%201&utm_source=email) tools With Shippable automate your Go app delivery pipelines, with flexibility to work with your existing setup. Plans from $0, no CC required. 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