--- title: "The Go team debates AI-generated contributions" publication: "Go Weekly" issue: 590 published_at: "2026-02-20" canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/590" --- Plus a guide to Go 1.26's `go fix`, generic methods get a step closer, and a Node.js vs Go benchmark. #​590 — February 20, 2026 [Read the Web Version](https://golangweekly.com/issues/590) 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/docs/pipes?utm_source=cpgo&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=q12026&utm_content=no_rebuild) Go Weekly [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/ymzc1eorgtb6gpklirkm.jpg)](https://go.dev/blog/gofix) [Using `go fix` to Modernize Go Code](https://go.dev/blog/gofix) — Go 1.26 ships a rewritten `go fix` that automatically modernizes code to use newer idioms using [24 built-in 'modernizers'](https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/tools/go/analysis/passes/modernize): replacing `interface{}` with `any`, adopting `strings.Cut`, and so on. Alan goes into depth about how it works and what's coming next, including a self-service approach for defining your own modernizations. Alan Donovan (Go Team) ⁉️ Did we reference _Bob the Builder_? Yes. We. Did! [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/c_limit,w_480,h_480,q_auto/copm/fd18b894.png)](https://workos.com/docs/pipes?utm_source=cpgo&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=q12026&utm_content=no_rebuild) [Add GitHub, Slack & Google Integrations Without Rebuilding OAuth](https://workos.com/docs/pipes?utm_source=cpgo&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=q12026&utm_content=no_rebuild) — WorkOS Pipes handles OAuth flows, token storage, and refresh logic across multiple providers. Users connect via a widget, and your app makes one API call to get a valid token. It’s a faster way to ship third-party integrations. 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Ian Lance Taylor, Russ Cox, et al. **IN BRIEF:** - The discussion around [the proposal to add generic methods to Go](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/77273) has been long and thorough, but the proposal is now [marked as 'likely accept'](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/77273#issuecomment-3886683084) and has entered the _'final comment'_stage. - The creator of a Node.js _reverse shell_ tool ported it to Go and has [shared benchmarks comparing the two versions.](https://github.com/lukechilds/reverse-shell/pull/38) Go didn't lead in every metric, but was way out in front when it did. - There are fewer than two weeks to [submit a proposal to GopherCon 2026](https://sessionize.com/gophercon-2026/) (closes March 4). Lightning talks will be accepted from June 1. [Proposal: Change Go 1.26's `go mod init`'s Default Back to the Current Go Version?](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/77653) — New Go releases rarely contain unpleasant surprises, but some people aren't fans of Go 1.26's change to `go mod init` defaulting to a lower Go version in new `go.mod` files. Will Faught et al. [Moving Off Heroku? Deploy Go with Cloud 66](https://www.cloud66.com/products/deploy/) — Heroku-like ease on your own servers. Save 60%, get great support, and make this your final move. Cloud 66 sponsor 📄 [Lessons Learned from `oapi-codegen`'s Time in the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund](https://www.jvt.me/posts/2026/02/17/oapi-codegen-github-secure/) Jamie Tanna 📄 [Moving Your Codebase to Go 1.26 with GoLand Syntax Updates](https://blog.jetbrains.com/go/2026/02/13/moving-your-codebase-to-go-1-26-with-goland-syntax-updates/) Artem Pronichev (JetBrains) 🛠 Code & Tools [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/fpsiwtkwav8vbiu2xhyb.jpg)](https://gogcli.sh/) [gog: Google Apps in Your Terminal](https://gogcli.sh/) — From the creator of Clawdbot [OpenClaw](https://openclaw.ai/), a CLI tool to access Google's myriad of services: Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, etc. JSON-first output, multi-account support, and OS keyring credential storage. [GitHub repo.](https://github.com/steipete/gogcli) Peter Steinberger 🔎 [Inspecting the Source of Go Modules](https://words.filippo.io/go-source/) — The [Go checksum database](https://go.googlesource.com/proposal/+/master/design/25530-sumdb.md) provides guarantees when you fetch _through the toolchain_, but browsing source elsewhere (on GitHub, or from a link on the Go package site, say) bypasses this. Filippo shows off [his new Go modules source viewer site](https://pkg.geomys.dev/) which provides an interface to view module sources _directly_ from the Go modules mirror. Filippo Valsorda 🔨 [Micasa: Track Your Household from the Terminal](https://micasa.dev) — A Bubble Tea-powered, terminal-based 'household management' app. Not the typical Go project you see, but I do have quite a few DIY projects I'm behind on.. 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Our software team operates from 17 countries and we're looking for more exceptional engineers to join our team. --- 🐘 [Postgres Weekly](https://postgresweekly.com/) is our sister newsletter dedicated to everything going on in the world of PostgreSQL. [Read the latest issue here.](https://postgresweekly.com/issues/636) 📢 Elsewhere in the ecosystem [![\](https://res.cloudinary.com/cpress/image/upload/w_1280,e_sharpen:60,q_auto/zggmu4eq0fsoh4sbwtgh.jpg)](https://oat.ink/) - If you're tired of large JavaScript UI component libraries and their associated build tools, [Oat](https://oat.ink/) might appeal to you. 8KB of CSS and JS (gzipped) gets you a UI component library you can use via regular semantic HTML elements. - 🧊 Someone has [overclocked a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 to 873MHz](https://learn.pimoroni.com/article/overclocking-the-pico-2) (usually 150MHz) using dry ice. A fun story about one of the smallest platforms Go code can run on ([thanks to TinyGo](https://tinygo.org/docs/reference/microcontrollers/pico2/)). - 📺 [Go2TV](https://github.com/alexballas/go2tv) is a Go-powered app for casting media files to smart TVs and Chromecast devices. - If you want to noodle with Postgres's features on a realistic database that _isn't_ yours, [Bluebox Docker](https://www.softwareandbooz.com/introducing-bluebox-docker-a-living-postgresql-sample-database/) is a _'living sample database'_ in a container that updates itself over time. Curated by Peter Cooper and [Glenn Goodrich](https://twitter.com/ruprict). Go is a [trademark of Google](https://go.dev/brand). The [Go gopher](https://go.dev/blog/gopher), whenever used, is an original creation by Renée French. 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