--- title: "Go - the fastest growing language on GitHub?" publication: "Go Weekly" issue: 410 published_at: "2022-05-06" canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/410" --- Plus a set of generics-based data structures, a new TinyGo release, and Go gets cozy with PHP. | #​410 — May 6, 2022 [Unsubscribe](https://golangweekly.com/leave/*|UID|*)|[Read on the Web](https://golangweekly.com/issues/410) The _Go Weekly_ Newsletter [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/imfgoejweazurqzqb0gn.jpg)](https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/5/260357-the-go-programming-language-and-environment/fulltext) 📄 [The Design Decisions Behind the Go Language and Environment](https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2022/5/260357-the-go-programming-language-and-environment/fulltext) — In an article for the ACM, the creators of Go discuss the origins of the language, their goals in creating it, and the design choices they made leading up to the first major change to the language in a decade (we won't spoil, but you _know_ what it is..) Cox, Griesemer, Pike, Taylor, and Thompson [An Experience Report After 6 Months of Go](https://typesanitizer.com/blog/go-experience-report.html) — A developer at Sourcegraph reflects on his experiences in working with Go after nearly three years of C++. This is beautifully presented and explained - more posts like this please. Varun Gandhi [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/c81a19e0.png)](https://www.datadoghq.com/dg/apm/debugging-go/?utm_source=advertisement&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dg-cooperpress-applications-ww-go-p-debugging) [Troubleshoot and Optimize Golang App Performance with Datadog APM](https://www.datadoghq.com/dg/apm/debugging-go/?utm_source=advertisement&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=dg-cooperpress-applications-ww-go-p-debugging) — Datadog’s APM generates detailed flame graphs to help you identify bottlenecks and latency in your Golang code. Navigate seamlessly between app traces, logs and metrics to troubleshoot and optimize performance issues fast. Try Datadog APM free. Datadog APM sponsor [A Gentle Introduction to Generics in Go](https://dominikbraun.io/blog/a-gentle-introduction-to-generics-in-go/) — Oh no, _another_ article about generics, I hear you cry. Well yes, _but_ this is particularly beginner friendly and led by the code – a good, tight summary. Dominik Braun [Breaking the Monolith at Twitch](https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2022/03/30/breaking-the-monolith-at-twitch/) — Twitch is one of a large group of successful companies that began life running as a monolithic Ruby on Rails app but they’ve written about where they went from there, how Go entered the picture, and their current practices. Mario Izquierdo (Twitch) **Quick bits:** - OSS Insight analyzes billions of GitHub events and has determined [Go is the 'favorite and fastest growing'](https://ossinsight.io/blog/explore-deep-in-4.6-billion-github-events/#go-the-new-favorite-and-the-fastest-growing-programming-language) language on GitHub (measured by stars, but we'll take it). - 🙈 It's no surprise this piece caused controversy, but it was both popular enough and from a genuine enough place that I feel compelled to link to it: ["Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Go."](https://fasterthanli.me/articles/lies-we-tell-ourselves-to-keep-using-golang) _"It's the Billion Dollar Mistake all over again"_ – ouch! Well, we still love you, Go. - The [results of a recent Go GUI developer survey](https://fynelabs.com/2022/05/03/go-gui-developer-survey-results/) by Fyne. Unsurprisingly, Fyne leads the way, but with Qt, Gio, and GTK not far behind. - [Pants 2](https://www.pantsbuild.org/) is a build system for Python, Go, Java, and other projects, and its latest version can now [generate Go code from Protobuf.](https://blog.pantsbuild.org/introducing-pants-2-11/) Jobs [Senior Software Engineer - 100% Remote (Argentina | Canada | EU)](https://grnh.se/e836737e2us) — Building cloud-native, real-time payment technology using Go, AWS, GCP, K8s, Docker, Terraform and Nats. [Find out more here](https://form3.tech/engineering). Form3 [Golang Engineers — 100% Remote (North/South America & Europe)](https://www.ardanlabs.com/careers/mid-level-and-senior-backend-engineer.html) — We’ve got several opportunities for Go devs (some working directly with Bill Kennedy!) and would love to hear from those looking for new challenges in distributed systems projects. Ardan Labs [Senior Software Engineer Backend (m/f/x)](https://about.aroundhome.de/en/job-details/?id=536600) — We’re seeking an experienced Golang dev to support us in building a next-gen tech platform that will offer our users and partners a first-class service. Aroundhome [Find a Job Through Hired](https://hired.com/join/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=sponsor&utm_campaign=%28b2c%29%28l-all%29%28r-all%29%28cooper-golangweekly%29&utm_content=find-your-next-job) — Create a profile on Hired to connect with hiring managers at growing startups and Fortune 500 companies. It's free for job-seekers. Hired [Building a Serverless Backend for Slack on AWS Lambda](https://itnext.io/using-aws-lambda-function-url-to-build-a-serverless-backend-for-slack-a292ef355a5d) — A straightforward tutorial covering building a Slack app that integrates with the Giphy API for animated GIF goodness. It has an up to date twist, too, by using Lambda’s new ‘function URL’ feature rather than using API Gateway. The [code itself](https://github.com/abhirockzz/awsome-slack-backend/blob/master/function/main.go) is in Go. Abhishek Gupta ▶['Go and PHP Sitting in a Tree...'](https://changelog.com/gotime/228) — Roses are red, violets are pretty.. can Go help your PHP be less sluggish? This show focuses on [RoadRunner](https://roadrunner.dev/), a high performance PHP app server and load balancer built in, yes, _Go._ Go Time Podcast podcast 🛠 Code & Tools [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60/fq6a61nq49cwnadjfm7k.jpg)](https://go-cover-treemap.io/) [Go Cover Treemap: Generate Treemaps for Go Cover Profiles](https://go-cover-treemap.io/) — `go test` can [create coverage profiles](https://go.dev/blog/cover) so you can analyze test coverage in detail. This neat entirely browser-based tool (no data is uploaded anywhere) creates visualizations from such profiles and there are some examples if you don’t have any of your own to hand. Nikolay Dubina [Generic Data Structures 1.0](https://github.com/zyedidia/generic) — A collection of generic data structures written in Go covering things like B-trees, hashmaps, multimaps, double linked lists, and stacks. Zachary Yedidia [Introducing ArcticDB: An Embeddable Column Database](https://www.polarsignals.com/blog/posts/2022/05/04/introducing-arcticdb/) — Polar Signals came to the conclusion (detailed here) that continuous profiling requires a columnar database, so they built it in Go. Frederic Branczyk (Polar Signals) [TinyGo 0.23.0: Now with Support for Go 1.18](https://github.com/tinygo-org/tinygo/releases/tag/v0.23.0) — TinyGo is a Go compiler specifically targeting embedding systems and WebAssembly. v0.23.0 adds LLVM 14 support, Go 1.18 support (though not _all_ language features), support for a few new boards, and improved RP2040 support too. 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