--- title: "A new Go GraphQL client from Khan Academy" publication: "Go Weekly" issue: 381 published_at: "2021-10-01" canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/381" --- Plus a Go-powered Aussie search engine, and discussing TinyGo in the wild. | #​381 — October 1, 2021 [Unsubscribe](https://golangweekly.com/leave/*|UID|*)|[Read on the Web](https://golangweekly.com/issues/381) Go Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/uofn1rrr5omtmpg8hqqr.jpg)](https://boyter.org/posts/abusing-aws-to-make-a-search-engine/) [Twisting AWS Lambda to Make an Australian Search Engine](https://boyter.org/posts/abusing-aws-to-make-a-search-engine/) — A fun look at a way to twist AWS’s serverless platform to unexpected ends by embedding a large search index into numerous compiled serverless functions and using these to power a small search engine. Beautifully done and with some Go at its heart. Ben E. C. Boyter [genqlient: A Truly Type-Safe Go GraphQL Client](https://blog.khanacademy.org/genqlient-a-truly-type-safe-go-graphql-client/) — A newly open sourced GraphQL client from Khan Academy that supports both writing queries next to code and GraphQL files. Developer ergonomics are a strong point here. Ben Kraft (Khan Academy) [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/8fe23dd7.png)](https://mux.com/live/?utm_campaign=q4_sponsored_newsletters_21&utm_source=goweekly&utm_medium=cooperpress&utm_content=live) [Live Streaming for Go Apps](https://mux.com/live/?utm_campaign=q4_sponsored_newsletters_21&utm_source=goweekly&utm_medium=cooperpress&utm_content=live) — From zero to live streaming in a couple of minutes. Mux Video is an API-first platform that makes it easy to build beautiful live video that streams everywhere. 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