--- title: "Go Newsletter Issue #134" publication: "Go Weekly" issue: 134 published_at: "2016-11-03" canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/134" --- Go Newsletter 134 . [Read this on the Web](http://golangweekly.com/issues/134) [Go Newsletter](http://golangweekly.com) Issue 134 — November 3, 2016 Featured [Go’s Alias Proposal and Concerns of Google 'Controlling' Go](https://medium.com/@cep21/gos-alias-proposal-and-all-my-concerns-of-google-controlling-go-a39f6c6046aa?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion A worthwhile summary of an issue affecting Go right now. _“The alias proposal is the wrong solution to a much bigger issue in Go’s ability to meet its stated goals.”_ Jack Lindamood [Aiming for Sub-Millisecond GC Pauses](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-dev/Ab1sFeoZg_8/_DaL0E8fAwAJ?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) news “10 millisecond pauses are so 2015,” says Austin, who has submitted changes to Go’s garbage collector to significantly shorten GC pause times. Austin Clements [Do Not Fear First Class Functions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5buaPyJ0XeQ&utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) video A talk from dotGo 2016 on what first class functions are, how to use them, and why they’ll improve your life as a Go developer. _18 minutes._ Dave Cheney [Explore Your Redis Memory Usage with an Interactive Map](http://www.redisgreen.net/4/index.html?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2016c&utm_content=primary&utm_term=inside+memory+map) RedisMonitor from RedisGreen shows you large keys, memory leaks, old keys, and other potential problems quickly. 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