---
title: "#167: Go Tooling in Action"
publication: "Go Weekly"
issue: 167
published_at: "2017-07-06"
canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/167"
---

Go Newsletter 167   . 

[Read this on the Web](http://golangweekly.com/issues/167) 

[Go Newsletter](http://golangweekly.com) Issue 167 — July 6, 2017     

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