--- title: "#165: How to Not Use An HTTP Router in Go" publication: "Go Weekly" issue: 165 published_at: "2017-06-22" canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/165" --- Go Newsletter 165 . [Read this on the Web](http://golangweekly.com/issues/165) [Go Newsletter](http://golangweekly.com) Issue 165 — June 22, 2017 Featured [How to Not Use An HTTP Router in Go](http://blog.merovius.de/2017/06/18/how-not-to-use-an-http-router.html?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) An opinionated post with some interesting observations. If you _want_ to implement HTTP routing in Go, this is well worth a read. Axel Wagner [Virtualgo: Workspace Based Development for Go Projects](https://github.com/getstream/vg?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) A dep-compatible solution to problems caused by the `vendor` directory. Uses a `GOPATH` for each project instead. 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