A key release with numerous changes and tweaks, including the introduction of type aliases and a concurrent-safe Map type. The compiler now also compiles functions in a package concurrently.

A look at running on an embedded device with severe memory constraints (170MB) by tweaking buffer sizes and forcing the GC to return unused memory.

After switching to Codeship Pro from their previous CI provider, TravelPerk saw significantly reduced build times and experienced "amazing flexibility" with the platform. Give Codeship Pro a free try today.

Looking at some of the odder aspects of slices, including how append allocates, copying slices, and using slices in channels.

The use case for type aliases and an example refactoring to get you up to date with 1.9’s biggest new feature.

It seems every week brings more experience reports about generics, this one discusses what was done, what could’ve been done, and why generics would help.

A look at the approaches one company has taken to scale with Go and related technologies.

Building a chainable futures library using goroutines, channels, and select statements.