---
title: "#199: Go 1.10 Released"
publication: "Go Weekly"
issue: 199
published_at: "2018-02-22"
canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/199"
---

Golang Weekly 199   . 

[Read this on the Web](https://golangweekly.com/issues/199) 

[Golang Weekly](https://golangweekly.com) Issue 199 — February 22, 2018     

Featured [Go 1.10 Released](https://blog.golang.org/go1.10) Not a big release feature-wise, but lots of toolchain and runtime changes and tweaks. The [full release notes](https://golang.org/doc/go1.10) go into depth on it all. Brad Fitzpatrick [Pixel 0.7: A 2D Game Development Library](https://github.com/faiface/pixel) Focused on fast 2D graphics rendering and has a simple API. 0.7 is a key release as official audio support has been added. Michal Štrba ['We Need to Add Package Versioning to Go'](https://research.swtch.com/vgo-intro) Russ Cox makes a proposal and shares [a prototype (vgo)](https://research.swtch.com/vgo-tour) for introducing package versioning to Go. Jon Calhoun has followed up with [an interesting exploration of vgo.](https://www.calhoun.io/exploring-vgo/) Russ Cox [Linux Cloud Hosting Starting at 1GB of RAM for $5/mo](https://welcome.linode.com/go-weekly?utm_source=cooperpress&utm_medium=sponsored&utm_term=go&utm_campaign=go-weekly-primary) Get a Linode server up and running in seconds. Simply choose your plan, distro and location and you’re ready to deploy your server. Get $20 credit on a new account. 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Stefan Nilsson [SuperStar Go Roundtable on YouTube Later Today](https://start.activestate.com/feb-roundtable-youtube/) At 2pm ET (11am PT), Sam Boyer, Russ Cox, and Jess Frazelle will get together [here on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbrZfPgNmfw) for a roundtable discussion on Go and DevOps. ActiveState Jobs [Distributed Systems Engineer at Ably (Remote in EU)](http://jobs.ably.io/o/distributed-systems-engineer-nodejs-go-remote) If consensus algorithms and distributed systems pique your interest, join the team behind our global fault-tolerant messaging platform. Ably Realtime [Find a Job You're Passionate About](https://www.vettery.com/tech?utm_medium=cooper-golangweekly&utm_campaign=ad-9312&utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=grouped&utm_term=tech) Vettery connects you directly to hiring managers at over 4,000 top companies. Make a profile today and land your dream job. Vettery In Brief [Caddy 0.10.11: Now with Distributed Auto-HTTPS and Service Discovery](https://caddyserver.com/blog/caddy-0_10_11-released) news A popular HTTP/2 Web server written in Go. Matt Holt [Support for HTTPS Proxies in Go 1.10](https://medium.com/@mlowicki/https-proxies-support-in-go-1-10-b956fb501d6b) news Michał Łowicki [CloudBees Acquired Codeship - See the New Combined Product Offerings](https://codeship.com/features?utm_source=email-sponsorship&utm_medium=cpc-go-weekly-secondary&utm_campaign=CBCSproducts) Codeshipsponsored [Data Structures in Go: Linked Lists](https://ieftimov.com/golang-datastructures-linked-lists) tutorial Specifically aimed at developers _“not comfortable with linked lists”_. Ilija Eftimov [An Introduction to Goroutines and Channels](https://pragmacoders.com/multithreading-go-tutorial/) tutorial Cory Finger [Data Races in Go and How to Fix Them](https://www.sohamkamani.com/blog/2018/02/18/golang-data-race-and-how-to-fix-it/) tutorial Soham Kamani [3 Common Gotchas in Go](https://deadbeef.me/2018/01/go-gotchas) tutorial Mike Choi [Creating a Go REST API using an ORM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAGodyl84OY) video Elliot Forbes [Real-Time Error Monitoring, Alerting, and Analytics for Developers 🚀](https://rollbar.com/?utm_source=go_newsletter&utm_campaign=nl_sponsorship&utm_medium=email-nl) Report Go errors to Rollbar with full stack trace and diagnostic data. 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