--- title: "Getting a grip on Go 1.23" publication: "Go Weekly" issue: 516 published_at: "2024-07-23" canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/516" --- Plus building Mac apps in Go, sending notifications, and checking for vulnerabilities. | #​516 — July 23, 2024 [Unsub](https://golangweekly.com/leave/*|UID|*)|[Web Version](https://golangweekly.com/issues/516) Together with [![Blacksmith\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,e_trim,w_820,h_100/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:7/uq9yvkqtinkixhiq19mf.png)](https://blacksmith.sh/?ref=cooperpressgo) Go Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/rlsxqyjb8ydy6wdkd5xt.jpg)](https://antonz.org/go-1-23/) [Interactive Release Notes for Go 1.23](https://antonz.org/go-1-23/) — If you find traditional release notes hard going, this interactive alternative with inline executable code snippets might help you get a grip on some of 1.23's changes before the final release next month. Anton Zhiyanov 💡 While we're on the topic.. [Go 1.23 Release Candidate 2](https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/jW315Nz132s/m/WqkCDaiVBQAJ) has been released. [First Impressions of Go 1.23's Range-over-Func Feature](https://boldlygo.tech/posts/2024-07-18-range-over-func/) — When the author read Go’s newest iteration proposal, he felt a bit intimidated, but decided to kick the tires and share his experiences. Now? He loves it! Jonathan Hall [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/0e2459e5.png)](https://blacksmith.sh/?ref=cooperpressgo) [Run GitHub Actions Up to 2x Faster at Half the Cost](https://blacksmith.sh/?ref=cooperpressgo) — Blacksmith runs your GitHub Actions substantially faster by running them on modern gaming CPUs. Integrating Blacksmith is a one-line code change. 100+ companies like GitBook, Superblocks, and Slope use Blacksmith to help developers merge code faster. 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Miłosz Smółka [Safeguarding Changes using the Plan-Execute Pattern](https://tn1ck.com/blog/update-plans) — A pattern used by tools like Terraform where a preview of changes is shown before applying them. Tom creates a simple example of importing data into a database while highlighting new, changed, and removed entities. Tom Nick 📄 [gRPC Over HTTP/3](https://kmcd.dev/posts/grpc-over-http3/) – Complete with practical examples in Go. Kevin McDonald 📄 [Calling Go Functions from C++](https://xnacly.me/posts/2024/go-cpp-interop/) Matteo / xnacly 🛠 Code & Tools [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/dyyosgw9zdnw0yeaywto.jpg)](https://github.com/nikoksr/notify) [Notify 1.0: Send Notifications to Various Messaging Services](https://github.com/nikoksr/notify) — Supports about [thirty different services](https://github.com/nikoksr/notify?tab=readme-ov-file#supported-services-) including Discord, AWS SES and SNS, Microsoft Teams, Slack, and Telegram. 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