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The one with the big Go 1.25 release

#​566 — August 20, 2025 Read the Web Version ☀️ We're back from a week off – the previous issue is here if you want to check it out again – and we should now be back every week until October at least :-)__Peter Cooper, your editor Go Wee...

Container-aware GOMAXPROCS

New GOMAXPROCS defaults in Go 1.25 improve behavior in containers.

Cobra & Viper Fortify Security as Part of GitHub Secure Open Source Fund

I’ve spent most of my career working in New York City. Every morning, I’d walk past those towering skyscrapers, genuinely amazed at what humans can build together. The engineering, the coordination, the trust required. It’s breathtaking. What fascinates me most...

GopherCon UK 2025

Starting this post as I'm on the way home from a great few days at GopherCon UK, I had a great time. This year's GopherCon UK was a little different than last year's given this year there were "tutorials" as a third session type. GopherCon UK runs both "workshops&q...

Go go goroutines

Our brains can only do one thing at once, but Go programs can manage millions of independently-executing concurrent tasks. Let’s find out how that works, and learn why concurrency is central to Go.

Go 1.25.0-1 Microsoft build now available

A new release of the Microsoft build of Go is now available for download. The post Go 1.25.0-1 Microsoft build now available appeared first on Microsoft for Go Developers.

Go 1.25 is released

Go 1.25 adds container-aware GOMAXPROCS, testing/synctest package, experimental GC, experimental encoding/json/v2, and more.

Go 1.24.6-1 and 1.23.12-1 Microsoft builds now available

A new release of the Microsoft build of Go including security fixes is now available for download. The post Go 1.24.6-1 and 1.23.12-1 Microsoft builds now available appeared first on Microsoft for Go Developers.

Shipping an AI Agent that Lies to Production: Lessons Learned

The peak of hype isn’t the best moment to reflect on AI. Will it take your job, or is it the next fad like NFTs? Are AI startups ridiculously overvalued, or are the companies that sleep on AI doomed? Time will tell. LLMs are far from perfect, but I’m excited they&rsqu...