--- title: "Go Newsletter Issue #92" publication: "Go Weekly" issue: 92 published_at: "2016-01-14" canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/92" --- Go Newsletter 92 . [Read this on the Web](http://golangweekly.com/issues/92) [Go Newsletter](http://golangweekly.com) Issue 92 — January 14, 2016 Featured [GopherCon 2016: A Conference for Go Devs (Jul 11-13, Denver, CO)](http://www.gophercon.com/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) You can now buy tickets to the largest event in the world dedicated to Go. Want to speak? The [CFP](http://cfp.gophercon.com/events/gc16) closes on Jan 31st. gophercon.​com [Go 1.5.3 Released](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-dev/MEATuOi_ei4/nl8jrt9YEwAJ?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) news Due to a security issue in in Go’s math/big package google.​com [LLVM 3.8's Debugger Will Include Go Support](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-nuts/pzpNcarQcvo/FTf1szmMEAAJ?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) news Including a Go expression parser and type system. Goroutines are treated as threads. More details are available in [Debugging Go Code with LLDB.](http://ribrdb.github.io/lldb/) Ryan Brown [Go with More Options](https://signup.heroku.com/go?c=70130000000NYVCAA4&utm_campaign=Display%20-%20Endemic%20-Cooper%20-Go%20-%20Signup%20-%20Drop1&utm_medium=display&utm_source=cooperpress&utm_content=language&utm_term=go) Take advantage of Go’s simplicity and concurrency on a scalable, container-based platform. Build apps using Gin, Martini, Negroni, Gorilla, stdlib & 150 add-ons. Heroku gets out of the way, so you can focus on building high-traffic apps and APIs. Herokusponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/40323710.png)](https://signup.heroku.com/go?c=70130000000NYVCAA4&utm_campaign=Display%20-%20Endemic%20-Cooper%20-Go%20-%20Signup%20-%20Drop1&utm_medium=display&utm_source=cooperpress&utm_content=language&utm_term=go) [Writing AWS Lambda Functions in Go](http://jacopodaeli.com/writing-aws-lambda-functions-in-go/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) AWS Lambda is a cloud service that lets you run Node, Python and Java code without a server, but you can make Node call out to a compiled Go program. Jacopo Daeli [pome: A Postgres Metrics Dashboard Written in Go](https://github.com/rach/pome?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code If you’re running and managing your own Postgres instance, having a simple and elegant dashboard like this could be handy. Rach Belaid [mysqldriver-go: A GC-Optimized MySQL Driver](https://github.com/pubnative/mysqldriver-go?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Other MySQL drivers implement the database/sql interface but this can require the storage of many objects on the heap. This alternative is GC-optimized and performance oriented. PubNative GmbH [Gopher Gala: A Distributed Go Hackathon, Jan 22-24](http://gophergala.com/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) news Showcase your skills and compete for prizes against the best Go developers from around the world. gophergala.​com [Go 1.6 Beta 2 Released](https://groups.google.com/d/msg/golang-nuts/DUwMjOWLA6s/p79eBIhXEwAJ?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) news golang-nuts [The Hidden Dangers of Default Rand](http://blog.sgmansfield.com/2016/01/the-hidden-dangers-of-default-rand/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) ‘This post is based on a real-world problem that I faced when I was developing a load generator program for work.’ Scott Mansfield [Should We Use Mocking Libraries for Go Testing?](http://www.philosophicalhacker.com/2016/01/13/should-we-use-mocking-libraries-for-go-testing/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) A developer did some research on the pros and cons of mocking libraries vs hand-written mocks. Matt Dupree Jobs [Go Get Hired, With Hired](https://hired.com/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=gonewsletter&utm_campaign=q1_16-petercooperpress&utm_term=sponsored&utm_content=011416-go) Never had a company apply to you? Well now you can when you sign up at Hired.com to receive your personalized offer, base salary and total compensation up front. Hired.​com In Brief [Buffer-less Multipart POST in Go](http://depado.markdownblog.com/2016-01-09-buffer-less-multipart-post-in-golang?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Depado [Containerize Go Apps with Docker and Bluemix](http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/wa-containerize-golang-apps-docker-bluemix/index.html?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Sing Li [Engineering IoT Solutions with Go](http://iotscorecard.com/building-with-go.html?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Aaron Allsbrook [Golang and Why It Matters](https://medium.com/@jamesotoole/golang-and-why-it-matters-1710b3af96f7?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion James O'Toole [Monitoring: Go real-time](http://dtdg.co/1UaT3Wa?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tools Track any metric via ExpVars, then graph, set alerts, and correlate with perf throughout your stack. Datadogsponsored [Clock: A 'time' Package Replacement for Mocking Times and Timers](https://github.com/WatchBeam/clock?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Beam [Fosite: A Security-First OAuth 2 Framework for Go](https://github.com/ory-am/fosite?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Implements IETF RFC6749, counterfeits weaknesses covered in IETF RFC6819 and countermeasures various database attack scenarios, keeping your app safe. ory.​am [go-input: Elegant Reading of User Input at the Console](https://github.com/tcnksm/go-input?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Taichi Nakashima [apex: Minimal AWS Lambda Function Manager with Go Support](https://github.com/apex/apex?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Apex [A Go Web App Example - Entry Point, File Structure, Models, and Routes](http://www.josephspurrier.com/go-web-app-example/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Joseph Spurrier [cloudfile: A Consistent Way to Work with Remote Files](https://github.com/alexflint/go-cloudfile?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code For writing code that doesn’t care whether its data comes from the filesystem or a remote provider. Alex Flint [mmapio: io.ReadSeeker and io.WriteSeeker Implementation for mmap](https://github.com/goayame/mmapio?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Ayame [IBM's Port of Go to Its S390X Mainframes](https://github.com/linux-on-ibm-z/go?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Linux on IBM z Systems Open-source Team [CRUD: A Minimalistic Relational Database Library](https://github.com/azer/crud?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Azer Koçulu Go Newsletter is curated by [Peter Cooper](https://twitter.com/peterc) [Read this issue on the Web](http://golangweekly.com/issues/92) [See our archives](http://golangweekly.com/issues) [Change your email address](*|UPDATE_PROFILE|*) [Stop getting this newsletter](*|UNSUB|*) Published by [Cooperpress](https://cooperpress.com/) Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Lincoln Way, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK