Google’s Francesc Campoy gives us an update on where Go is at in mid 2017, mostly focused on stdlib and runtime improvements. Talk video here.

Understanding memory and pointers are key to becoming a solid Go programmer. This post digs into both with easy examples.

A minor bugfix release with fixes to the compiler, runtime, documentation, and database/sql, plus a security fix to the crypto/elliptic package.

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Produces a pure Go solution, meaning there’s no need for a C compiler to be installed for compilation.

Plugins are unlikely to be built against libraries that have been vendored. This repo outlines the issue.

A new series about the /x/* packages focused on looser compatibility requirements than the stdlib. The first post covers rate limiting with /x/time/rate.

The trials and tribulations of successfully replacing a large MapReduce cluster with a single machine running a Go application.