---
title: "#197: The State of Go 1.10"
publication: "Go Weekly"
issue: 197
published_at: "2018-02-08"
canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/197"
---

Golang Weekly 197   . 

[Read this on the Web](https://golangweekly.com/issues/197) 

[Golang Weekly](https://golangweekly.com) Issue 197 — February 8, 2018     

Featured [Go 1.8.7, 1.9.4, and 1.10rc2 Released Due to Security Issue](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-announce/X7N1mvntnoU/jlQ4qXf6AAAJ) _“By using the clang or gcc plugin mechanism, it was possible for an attacker to trick the “go get” command into executing arbitrary code.”_ Andrew Bonventre [The State of Go 1.10](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR7LPAXWfmw) video A 24 minute overview of what’s coming up with Go 1.10 given at the Go Devroom at FOSDEM. No time for a video? [The slides are here.](https://speakerdeck.com/campoy/the-state-of-go-1-dot-10) Francesc Campoy [Performance Monitoring for Go, Java, Ruby, and Python Apps](https://www.datadoghq.com/dg/apm/lpg/?utm_source=Advertisement&utm_medium=CooperPress&utm_campaign=CooperPress-GoWeeklyP-APM) Visualize and alert on custom metrics in real-time with Datadog. Utilize distributed tracing and interactive flame graphs to gain full-stack visibility and optimize Go, Java, Ruby, and Python application performance. 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