--- title: "Does Go need bare metal support?" publication: "Go Weekly" issue: 553 published_at: "2025-05-07" canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/553" --- Plus handling shutdowns gracefully. | #​553 — May 7, 2025 [Unsub](https://golangweekly.com/leave/*|UID|*)|[Web Version](https://golangweekly.com/issues/553) Together with [![Code Rabbit\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto,e_trim,w_1238,h_192/e_make_transparent/co_white,e_outline:27/fcshbu9d17nd8smej96j.png)](https://www.coderabbit.ai?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email_sponsorship&utm_campaign=golang_weekly_Apr_2025) Go Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/au1fcez7vdbooegyxucj.jpg)](https://victoriametrics.com/blog/go-graceful-shutdown/index.html) [Practical Patterns for Graceful Shutdowns](https://victoriametrics.com/blog/go-graceful-shutdown/index.html) — Shutting down gracefully can mean the difference between a good user experience with consistent data and angry users (or even just yourself!) with corrupted data. Follow and adapt this five-step approach, and shutting down won’t open you up to issues. Phuong Le (VictoriaMetrics) [Proposal: Add Bare Metal Support to Go?](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/73608) — Andrea proposes a new `'none'` target for the Go compiler to enable freestanding execution without direct OS support. This isn’t exactly new ground – it’s been proposed before – but Go contributor Filippo Valsorda [thinks](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/73608#issuecomment-2854387257) it’s worth serious consideration again due to the opportunities it would open up in micro VMs, firmware, and elsewhere. It's also [been discussed internally](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/43930#issuecomment-2858784760) at Google. Andrea Barisani et al. 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