---
title: "The Go gopher's many distant cousins"
publication: "Go Weekly"
issue: 595
published_at: "2026-03-27"
canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/595"
---

Plus GoLand 2026.1, WHATWG-compliant URL parsing, and a necessary pgx upgrade.        

#​595 — March 27, 2026 

[Read the Web Version](https://golangweekly.com/issues/595)   

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[Go Naming Conventions: A Practical Guide](https://www.alexedwards.net/blog/go-naming-conventions) — As Phil Karlton said: _“There are only two hard things in computer science: cache invalidation and naming things.”_ Alex tackles the latter in this thorough single-page reference covering identifiers, filenames, packages, and the concept of “avoiding chatter.” 

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**IN BRIEF:** 

- 📊 Christoph Vilsmeier's [long running Go SQLite driver benchmarks](https://github.com/cvilsmeier/go-sqlite-bench) have just updated to Go 1.26 and now include the [wasm2go-powered version](https://github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3/releases/tag/v0.33.0) of [ncruces/go-sqlite3](https://github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3).
- JetBrains has released [GoLand 2026.1](https://blog.jetbrains.com/go/2026/03/26/goland-2026-1-is-released/), the latest version of its commercial Go IDE. It introduces guided syntax updates for Go 1.26 and support for git worktrees.
- Go 1.27 will fix a generic type inference gap ([addressed in this just-accepted proposal](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/77245)). `S{f: g}` will finally work anywhere `s.f = g` does.
- ⚠️ [CVE-2026-4427](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4427) is a high-severity DoS vulnerability in pgproto3, the library behind [pgx](https://github.com/jackc/pgx), the popular Go Postgres driver ([upgrade to 5.9.0+](https://github.com/jackc/pgx/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#590-march-21-2026)).   

[We Rewrote _JSONata_ in Go with AI and Saved $500K/Year](https://www.reco.ai/blog/we-rewrote-jsonata-with-ai) — [JSONata](https://jsonata.org/) is a JSON query and transformation language whose reference implementation is in JavaScript. The team at Reco made a Go port, called [gnata](https://github.com/RecoLabs/gnata), and significantly reduced their compute costs. 

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📄 [Using Your Own Domain for Your Code Forge Hosted Go Modules](https://jo-m.ch/posts/2026/03/use-your-own-domain-for-your-code-forge-hosted-go-modules/) – There are many ways to do this, but here’s a PHP-flavored approach. Jonathan M 

📄 [Adding Live Reload to a Static Site Generator Written in Go](https://jon.chrt.dev/2026/03/20/adding-live-reload-to-a-static-site-generator-written-in-go.html) Jon Charter 

📄 [Deploying Go Apps to Google Cloud Run](https://www.josephspurrier.com/google-cloud-run-deployment) Joseph Spurrier 

📄 [Testing Unary gRPC Services in Go](https://rednafi.com/go/testing-unary-grpc-services/) Redowan Delowar  

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[Goada 1.2: A Fast WHATWG Spec-Compliant URL Library](https://github.com/ada-url/goada) — [Ada](https://github.com/ada-url/ada) is a fast WHATWG-compliant URL parser written in C++ and used at the heart of numerous projects, such as Node.js. Goada provides an official set of Go bindings. 

Lemire, Nizipli, et al.   

[go-sqlite3 v0.33.0: A cgo-free SQLite Wrapper](https://github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3/releases/tag/v0.33.0) — Till this release, `ncruces/go-sqlite3` used a WebAssembly build of SQLite behind the scenes, but now uses [wasm2go](https://github.com/ncruces/wasm2go) to translate _that_ entirely into Go. This is still a _pre-release_ but the first impressions are promising and [Nuno seeks your feedback.](https://github.com/ncruces/go-sqlite3/discussions/361) 

Nuno Cruces   

[Gnata: A Pure Go Implementation of JSONata 2.x](https://github.com/RecoLabs/gnata) — Mentioned earlier in [this story above](https://www.reco.ai/blog/we-rewrote-jsonata-with-ai). Think _“`jq` meets XPath with lambda functions.”_ 

Reco Labs   

- [pgx 5.9](https://github.com/jackc/pgx/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#590-march-21-2026) – The popular Postgres driver gets SCRAM-SHA-256-PLUS, OAuth authentication, Postgres protocol 3.2, and `tsvector` support. Requires Go 1.25+.
- [Bubbles 2.1](https://github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/releases/tag/v2.1.0) – Components for building TUIs with Bubble Tea. Textareas can now vertically resize automatically.
- 🤖 [Fantasy v0.17.0](https://github.com/charmbracelet/fantasy) – Charm's library for building multi-provider, multi-model AI agents in Go. Now supports [Anthropic Computer Use](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/tool-use/computer-use-tool) ([example code](https://github.com/charmbracelet/fantasy/blob/main/examples/computer-use/main.go)).
- [Hugo 0.159.0](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugo/releases/tag/v0.159.0) – Improves [the way Node dependencies are managed](https://gohugo.io/hugo-modules/nodejs-dependencies/) in Hugo Modules.
- [River 0.32](https://github.com/riverqueue/river/releases/tag/v0.32.0) – Robust Postgres-backed job processing system for Go.
- [urfave/cli v3.8.0](https://github.com/urfave/cli) – Popular declarative way to build CLI tools in Go.
- [Wails 2.12.0](https://github.com/wailsapp/wails/releases/tag/v2.12.0) – Build desktop apps using Go and web technologies.
- 💬 [slack-go/slack 0.20](https://github.com/slack-go/slack/releases/tag/v0.20.0) – Library for interacting with the Slack API.
- [go-sqlbuilder 1.40](https://github.com/huandu/go-sqlbuilder/releases/tag/v1.40.0) – SQL string builder library.      

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- [Renee French](https://bsky.app/profile/reneefrench.bsky.social) is the artist who created [Go's much-loved gopher mascot](https://go.dev/blog/gopher) which originated in work done over 25 years ago for a fundraiser. Her characters have continued to evolve, including in [▶️ videos like this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjWZk9NidyI), and I love seeing new cousins(?) of the Go gopher pop up on [her Bluesky account](https://bsky.app/profile/reneefrench.bsky.social) from time to time.
- 🎵 [cliamp](https://github.com/bjarneo/cliamp) is a Go-powered terminal-based music player inspired by Winamp. It's built with Go, Bubble Tea, [go-librespot](https://github.com/devgianlu/go-librespot) (a Spotify client library), and [Beep](https://github.com/gopxl/beep) (a Go sound library).
- 🤖 Phil Eaton surveyed 112 major source-available projects (Bun, DuckDB, Ruby, etc.) to [get a picture of their stance towards AI-assisted contributions](https://theconsensus.dev/p/2026/03/02/source-available-projects-and-their-ai-contribution-policies.html). Of those asked, only four have an outright ban.
- [Thanos](https://github.com/redneckbeard/thanos) is an experimental Ruby to Go transpiler. I gave it a try, with some success, but a lack of metaprogramming support (as is commonly used by Rubyists) restricts the use cases.         

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The [Go gopher](https://go.dev/blog/gopher), whenever used, is an original creation by Renée French. 

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