--- title: "Go Newsletter Issue #97" publication: "Go Weekly" issue: 97 published_at: "2016-02-18" canonical_url: "https://golangweekly.com/issues/97" --- Go Newsletter 97 . [Read this on the Web](http://golangweekly.com/issues/97) [Go Newsletter](http://golangweekly.com) Issue 97 — February 18, 2016 Featured [Go 1.6 Released](https://blog.golang.org/go1.6?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) The seventh major stable release of Go is here. The biggest change is HTTP/2 support in net/http and this is enabled by default when using HTTPS. 1.6 also has environment-variable defined ‘vendor’ directory support enabled by default. Andrew Gerrand [We Are The Go Contributors: Ask Us Anything](https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/comments/46bd5h/ama_we_are_the_go_contributors_ask_us_anything/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) A variety of Go contributors are currently in the middle of a 24 hour ‘ask us anything’ session on Reddit. There are hundreds of posts so far. Reddit [Redis Performance Dashboard and Autoscaling from RedisGreen](https://dashboard.redisgreen.net/new?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2016a&utm_content=primary&utm_term=findout+autoscaling+performance) Ever wonder what your Redis server was actually doing? Find out with RedisGreen's dashboard and monitoring tools. RedisGreensponsored[![\](https://copm.s3.amazonaws.com/2c969c53.png)](https://dashboard.redisgreen.net/new?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2016a&utm_content=primary&utm_term=findout+autoscaling+performance) [So You Want to Write A Package Manager..](https://medium.com/@sdboyer/so-you-want-to-write-a-package-manager-4ae9c17d9527?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) A very extensive Go-oriented read on the issues involved in package and dependency management before looking into the practicalities of Go having its own project dependency manager. Sam Boyer [IBM Open-Sources 44,000 Lines of Go Blockchain Code](http://thenextweb.com/apps/2016/02/16/ibm-has-just-open-sourced-44000-lines-of-blockchain-code-on-github/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) IBM is doing a lot of blockchain-related work, and has opened source some of its work [on GitHub](https://github.com/openblockchain). The Next Web [Overseer: Monitorable Self-Upgrading Binaries in Go](https://github.com/jpillora/overseer?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code A library for creating monitorable, gracefully restarting, self-upgrading binaries in Go that work well with standard process managers. Jaime Pillora [go-git: A Low Level Git Client Library](https://github.com/src-d/go-git?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Written from scratch in Go, this is a low-level and highly extensible client library for reading Git repositories. source{d} [LabAssistant: A Lightweight Go Port of GitHub's Scientist](https://github.com/lmas/labassistant?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code [Scientist](https://github.com/github/scientist) is a Ruby library for doing ‘careful’ refactoring of critical paths in programs by letting developers specify alternatives to test at certain junctures. A.​ Svensson Jobs [Platform Engineer at Compose (Remote - US/UK/CAN)](https://compose.io/jobs#platform-engineer) Compose provides powerful, managed, auto-scaling databases. If you love Go, have experience working with distributed systems, and love solving fun data-related problems, we have the perfect opportunity for you. 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VSCO/technologysponsored In Brief [Go Meetup at Google Montréal, February 22nd](http://www.meetup.com/GolangMontreal/events/228221625/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) news Meetup [How to Migrate a Google App Engine Datastore to SQL using Go](http://www.sromku.com/blog/datastore-sql-migration?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Roman Kushnarenko [How to Build A Basic Consistent Hashing Ring in Go](https://github.com/gholt/ring/blob/master/BASIC_HASH_RING.md?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Greg Holt [Mastering Concurrency in Go](https://www.outlearn.com/learn/matryer/mastering-concurrency-in-go?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) tutorial Guided path through the best resources on concurrency, assembled by an expert curator. Get the most out of modern multi-core processors using only channels and idiomatic Go. Outlearnsponsored [A Humble Recommendation for Go Packages That Make HTTP Requests](https://0value.com/Let-the-Doer-Do-it?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Martin Angers [How Can I Become A Part of The Go Community?](https://www.reddit.com/r/golang/comments/45s3vr/how_can_i_become_a_part_of_the_go_community/?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) opinion Reddit [rehttp: A Go HTTP Transport That Handles Retries](https://github.com/PuerkitoBio/rehttp?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Martin Angers [Stow: Simple Object Persistence with BoltDB](https://github.com/djherbis/stow?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Dustin Herbis [wego: A Weather App for the Terminal](https://github.com/schachmat/wego?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code schachmat [Moldova: A Lightweight Templating System for Generating Random Data](https://github.com/StabbyCutyou/moldova?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code Originally designed to provide the input to a database load testing tool. StabbyCutyou [amqp-rpc: An AMQP driver for net/rpc](https://github.com/vibhavp/amqp-rpc?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code AMQP is the [Advanced Message Queueing Protocol](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Message_Queuing_Protocol). Vibhav Pant [go-gitter: Gitter API in Go](https://github.com/sromku/go-gitter?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code [Gitter](https://gitter.im/) is a developer chat service. Roman Kushnarenko [Raspberry Pi httpd Benchmark with wrk](https://gist.github.com/msoap/7060974?utm_source=golangweekly&utm_medium=email) code GitHub [Apply to 3,000+ Jobs in 10 Minutes & 1 Application](https://hired.com/?utm_source=newsletters&utm_medium=gonewsletter&utm_term=cat-tech-go&utm_content=3kcompaniesin10min&utm_campaign=q1-16&utm_location=us) Top companies apply to you on Hired. Get salary and equity upfront before interviewing. 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