--- title: "Some problems with integers" publication: "Go Weekly" issue: 444 published_at: "2023-01-20" canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/444" --- Plus it's Go community survey time again, drawing diagrams and graphs, and more on Go 1.20. | #​444 — January 20, 2023 [Unsub](https://golangweekly.com/leave/*|UID|*)|[Web Version](https://golangweekly.com/issues/444) Together with [![Pangea logo\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:7/vdxvaq0osr46vwyw8hkt.png)](https://pangea.cloud/resources/technologies?utm_medium=display&utm_source=cooperpress&utm_campaign=golang-weekly-jan) The _Go Weekly_ Newsletter [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/vngfolxmongmmcjvxtgm.jpg)](https://terrastruct.com/blog/post/generate-diagrams-programmatically/) [Generating Diagrams Programmatically with D2](https://terrastruct.com/blog/post/generate-diagrams-programmatically/) — This is useful! 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