---
title: "Go Newsletter Issue #141"
publication: "Go Weekly"
issue: 141
published_at: "2017-01-05"
canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/141"
---

Go Newsletter 141   . 

A look at Go in 2017, and a new Python runtime built in Go by Google -[Read this on the Web](http://golangweekly.com/issues/141) 

[Go Newsletter](http://golangweekly.com) Issue 141 — January 5, 2017     

Featured [Grumpy: A Python Runtime Built on Go, by Google](https://opensource.googleblog.com/2017/01/grumpy-go-running-python.html?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tools It translates Python code into Go programs that then run in the usual way (it's not an interpreter). Google [A Look at What's Coming in Go 1.8](https://blog.gopheracademy.com/advent-2016/go-1.8/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) news A run through a variety of details about the forthcoming release. Florin Pățan and Filippo Valsorda [5 Things to Watch in Go Programming in 2017](https://medium.com/@sconant/5-things-to-watch-in-go-programming-in-2017-39cd7a7e58e3?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) news What will innovations like dynamic plugins, serverless Go, and HTTP/2 Push mean for your development this year? Susan Conant [Try Codeship Pro: Free CI with Native Docker Support](https://codeship.com/?features/pro-aw&utm_medium=cpc-go-weekly-primary&utm_campaign=pro-features-campaign-cooper) Introducing Codeship Pro, with a free tier of our Continuous Integration service with Native Docker support. Join customers like InvisionApp and start shipping your Docker apps faster with 100 free builds per month. Start today! Codeshipsponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/146ca62e.png)](https://codeship.com/?features/pro-aw&utm_medium=cpc-go-weekly-primary&utm_campaign=pro-features-campaign-cooper) [Brad Fitzpatrick on the Go Project in 2017](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-dev/afkXKoAd8IQ/h5fnC2s8EAAJ?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) news Core team member Brad reflects on some specific process-related quirks of the Go project he’d like to see resolved this year and asks for your own suggestions. Brad Fitzpatrick [C and Go: A Side-by-Side Reference Sheet](http://hyperpolyglot.org/c?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tools For a variety of common tasks, it shows the C version on the left, Go on the right. Hyperpolyglot [GopherCon 2017 Registration Open](https://www.gophercon.com/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) news The world’s largest Go conference is back in Denver, Colorado over July 13-15. Gopher Academy [Cherami: Uber's Distributed, Highly Available Message Queue System](https://github.com/uber/cherami-server?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) A distributed, scalable, durable, and highly available message queue system built at Uber to transport asynchronous tasks. It’s built in Go. Uber Jobs [Backend Software Engineer (Zürich, Switzerland)](https://www.centralway.com/uk/careers/open-positions/details#oLzvZfwy) Centralway are seeking an experienced programmer to come and join the team. The right candidate will be responsible for the continuous development and improvement of the backend and service architecture of Centralway Numbrs. [Apply here.](https://www.centralway.com/uk/careers/open-positions/details#oLzvZfwy) Centralway Numbrs AG In Brief [Go 1.8 To Have a Release Party on February 16](https://github.com/golang/go/wiki/Go-1.8-Release-Party?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) news Various local Go user groups are getting involved. github.​com [Go Project Considering Accepting Pull Requests on GitHub](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/18517?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) news Brad Fitzpatrick [ARMv5E and ARMv6 Support To Be Dropped in Go 1.9](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/17082?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) news github.​com [Never Start a Goroutine Without Knowing How It Will Stop](https://dave.cheney.net/2016/12/22/never-start-a-goroutine-without-knowing-how-it-will-stop?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Dave Cheney [Cache As Cache Can: Seeing How CPU Caches Affect Performance from Go](https://hackernoon.com/cache-as-cache-can-e3cf86552263?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Phil Pearl [The Functional Options Pattern in Go](http://halls-of-valhalla.org/beta/articles/functional-options-pattern-in-go,54/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Valhalla [Database Performance Monitoring Guide](https://www.vividcortex.com/resources/database-performance-monitoring-buyers-guide?utm_campaign=Go%20Newsletter&utm_source=ppc) A guide to aid you in evaluating database monitoring solutions for your unique environment. VividCortexsponsored [SQLBoiler: Generate a Go(lang) ORM Tailored to Your Schema](https://github.com/vattle/sqlboiler?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Vattle [Prism: An Open Source Profiling Tool for Go Code](https://medium.com/geckoboard-under-the-hood/introducing-prism-9c08e9926755?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Achilleas Anagnostopoulos [Gobot 1.0 Released: A Robotics/IoT Framework for Go](https://gobot.io/blog/2016/12/21/gobot-the-big-one-oh/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Ron Evans [simplehttp2server: A Simple HTTP/2 Server for Development](https://github.com/GoogleChrome/simplehttp2server?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Google [GoReleaser: Deliver Go Binaries As Fast and Easily As Possible](https://github.com/goreleaser/releaser?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Builds binaries for multiple platforms, creates a GitHub release and pushes a Homebrew formulae to a repository. github.​com [aws-lambda-go-shim: Author your AWS Lambda Function Code in Go](https://github.com/eawsy/aws-lambda-go-shim?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tools eawsy [Simple to use, powerful programming language need a home?](http://welcome.linode.com/go-weekly?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=sponsored&utm_term=go&utm_campaign=go-weekly) tools Use a simple, powerful hosting company. Linodesponsored [Guinea: Library for Building Command Line Interfaces](https://github.com/boreq/guinea?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code github.​com [awslambdaproxy: An AWS Lambda-Powered HTTP(s)/SOCKS Web Proxy](https://github.com/dan-v/awslambdaproxy?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Dan Vittegleo [A Pure Go Implementation of the Redis CLI (redis-cli)](https://github.com/holys/redis-cli?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code David Chen [Ofelia: A Docker Job Scheduler (aka crontab for Docker)](https://github.com/mcuadros/ofelia?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Máximo Cuadros [go-selenium: A Go Selenium Web Driver Library](https://github.com/bunsenapp/go-selenium?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Bunsen [Portanoia: A Tool That Sets A Honeypot Port and Runs A Command Against Every IP That Connects to It](https://github.com/0x4445565A/portanoia?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Brandon Martinez [GOATee: A Simple GTK2-Based Text Editor Written in Go](https://github.com/sg3des/goatee?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code github.​com [Tile38: Geolocation Data Store, Spatial Index, and Realtime Geofence](https://github.com/tidwall/tile38?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Josh Baker [Seaweed-FS: A Scalable Distributed File System](https://github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Chris Lu    

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