--- title: "Awesome Go gets even more awesome" publication: "Go Weekly" issue: 529 published_at: "2024-10-29" canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/529" --- Plus why Go developers should try Odin, and maybe Rust too.. | #​529 — October 29, 2024 [Unsub](https://golangweekly.com/leave/*|UID|*)|[Web Version](https://golangweekly.com/issues/529) Together with [![WorkOS\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,w_514,h_98/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:9/tdfxwgk852ui9leli4wm.png)](https://workos.com/?utm_source=cpgo&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=q32024) Go Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/vrs6ggptfeddsgddsvqf.jpg)](https://awesome-go.com/) [Awesome Go: Almost 3000 Categorized Go Resources](https://awesome-go.com/) — A perennially useful resource that continues to get frequent updates ([almost non-stop](https://github.com/avelino/awesome-go/commits/main/)), and well worth revisiting in this quiet week for Go. You can [contribute projects of your own](https://github.com/avelino/awesome-go/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md) to the list too. Awesome Go [Writing Benchmarks: Performance Testing in Go](https://www.willem.dev/articles/benchmarks-performance-testing/) — A handy article that lays out all that’s possible with Go’s benchmarking tests. After reviewing the tool’s myriad parameters, Willem provides a full repo-backed example to show it off in action. Willem Schots [![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/d0b5556b.png)](https://workos.com/?utm_source=cpgo&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=q32024) [WorkOS: The Modern Identity Platform for B2B SaaS](https://workos.com/?utm_source=cpgo&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=q32024) — WorkOS is a modern identity platform for B2B SaaS, offering flexible and easy-to-use APIs to integrate SSO, SCIM, and FGA in minutes instead of months. It's trusted by hundreds of high-growth startups such as Perplexity, Vercel, and Cursor. 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[Learn how](https://www.authzed.com/customers/turo?utm_source=sponsored_newsletter&utm_medium=display&utm_campaign=golang_newsletter%20). --- 💛 If you're a JavaScript developer or just need to keep up with the modern JavaScript landscape, check out our sister newsletter [JavaScript Weekly.](https://javascriptweekly.com/) Last week's issue had a [ton of great stuff.](https://javascriptweekly.com/issues/710) - [TinyGo 0.34](https://github.com/tinygo-org/tinygo/releases/tag/v0.34.0) – The Go compiler for 'small places', like microcontrollers and WebAssembly. v0.34 adds support for `go:wasmexport` as a standardized way to export WebAssembly functions to the host. - [FastHTTP 1.57](https://github.com/valyala/fasthttp) – Performance-oriented alternative to `net/http` for [specific high-volume scenarios.](https://github.com/valyala/fasthttp#fasthttp-might-not-be-for-you) - [pdfcpu 0.9](https://github.com/pdfcpu/pdfcpu/releases/tag/v0.9.1) – Go PDF processor. You can now update individual images in PDFs. - [Roaring 2.4](https://github.com/RoaringBitmap/roaring) – 'Roaring' bitmap data structure implementation. - [notify 1.0.1](https://github.com/nikoksr/notify) – Library to send notifications to various services. - [progressbar 3.17](https://github.com/schollz/progressbar) – Basic thread-safe progress bar. - [Traefik 3.2](https://traefik.io/blog/traefik-proxy-v3-2-a-munster-release/) – Popular Go-powered app proxy. - [Bun 1.2.5](https://github.com/uptrace/bun) – SQL-first ORM for Go. Curated by Peter Cooper and [Glenn Goodrich](https://twitter.com/ruprict). [Change your email](https://golangweekly.com/edit_subscription/*|UID|*) [Stop getting this newsletter](https://golangweekly.com/leave/*|UID|*) © Cooper Press Ltd · Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Louth, LN11 0LS, United Kingdom