Builds here or use this process to install with Go itself.

The first beta is out, and these work-in-progress notes will bring you up to speed with what’s new, including type aliases, parallel compilation, and GC speedups.

Covers simple execution to handling stdout and stderr separately to showing progress, all with just the standard library.

Graph and alert on custom Go metrics and 150+ other techs. Try Datadog APM + infrastructure monitoring for free.

A case for dependency injection over of global variables and init() functions.

A thought experiment in that applies Peter Bourgon’s approach of having no package-level variables or init functions to the standard library.

Explaining the use of value vs pointer semantics with philosophy, specific guidelines, and examples from the standard library.

Serving an HTTP API via systemd and socket activation, which allows for continuous, hot deployments.

Even though it’s a common Go idiom, using defer to call Close() on writable files can lead to hard-to-find bugs.