---
title: "#191: Go 1.10 Beta 1 Released"
publication: "Go Weekly"
issue: 191
published_at: "2017-12-14"
canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/191"
---

Golang Weekly 191   . 

[Read this on the Web](https://golangweekly.com/issues/191) 

[Golang Weekly](https://golangweekly.com) Issue 191 — December 14, 2017     

Featured [Go 1.10 Beta 1 Released](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-nuts/HRUF1_DIn58/xxrhj3kMCAAJ) No substantive changes (see the [draft release notes](https://beta.golang.org/doc/go1.10)) with most changes taking place in the implementation of the toolchain, runtime, and libraries. You’re encouraged to test, however. Andrew Bonventre [Write a Kubernetes-Ready Service From Zero Step-by-Step](https://blog.gopheracademy.com/advent-2017/kubernetes-ready-service/) A thorough tutorial that tries to make it as simple as possible to build a simple Go service for deployment with Kubernetes, without skipping any key steps. Elena Grahovac [Want to Start Using Go in Your Enterprise?](https://start.activestate.com/activego/?utm_source=go-weekly&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_term=&utm_content=go-weekly-newsletter-17-12-14&utm_campaign=active-go) Satisfy your company’s requirements for commercial support, security and license compliance with ActiveGo, the only supported Golang distribution. 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Salim Alami [Deeper Program Analysis with go/parser](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRWCa84pykM) Prolific Go screencaster Francesc Campoy is back with another practical look at analyzing Go code using Go’s own `parser` package. JustForFunc [Machine Learning and Go](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcyNjgEG9H8) Filmed at dotGo 2017, a brief Go-leaning introduction to machine learning. Francesc Campoy Flores Jobs [The Future Is Calling, Join Decred on Our Journey...](https://decred.org/recruiting/) To create an evolving cryptocurrency. Work with some of the brightest minds in the industry in a fast paced environment. 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Tachi Nakashima [Cgo: When and (Usually) When Not to Use It](http://relistan.com/cgo-when-and-when-not-to-use-it/) tutorial Karl Matthias [Using gRPC in Go: Beyond the Basics](https://blog.gopheracademy.com/advent-2017/go-grpc-beyond-basics/) tutorial Pieter Louw [Use Go to Query an Azure SQL Database](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/sql-database/sql-database-connect-query-go) tutorial Microsoft Azure [HTTP File Upload and Download with Go](https://zupzup.org/go-http-file-upload-download/) tutorial Mario Zupan [Set Up a Netflix Style Streaming Service with Golang](https://bitmovin.com/encoding-service/?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=go) Cloud or On-Premise encoding solution on Kubernetes and Docker. MPEG-DASH, HLS, VP9, HEVC, Multi-DRM, VoD or Live. 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Linode Cloud Hostingsponsored [Beeep: Cross-Platform Library for Sending Desktop Notifications](https://github.com/gen2brain/beeep) code Milan Nikolic [sha256-simd: Accelerate SHA256 Computations in Pure Go](https://github.com/minio/sha256-simd) code .. using AVX512 and AVX2 for Intel and ARM64 for ARM. [Background.](https://blog.minio.io/accelerate-sha256-up-to-8x-over-3-gb-s-per-core-with-avx512-a0b1d64f78f) Minio [tr: An Easy Drop-In i18n Solution for Go Applications](https://github.com/tucnak/tr) code Ian Byrd    

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