Benchmarking utility for Python

Go programmers have it pretty good with the benchmarking capabilities provided by the standard library. Say we want to benchmark a dot product implementation: func dotProduct(a, b []float32) float32 { var dot float32 for i := range a { dot += a[i] * b[i] } return dot...

I'm on Fallthrough: Patching Problems with Persnickety Proxies Purveyed by Paternalistic Princes

Last week I was invited to join the wonderful Fallthrough podcast as a guest host, on a more time sensitive episode discussing the recent backdoor discovered in the Go module proxy, and the episode has just shipped, with a very good title! This was actually my second episode with...

Beyond the Debugger: A Comprehensive Guide to Debugging Go Applications

Not all bugs are created equal. Some may be easy to pinpoint and eliminate with the help of a debugger. Others might be subtle or infrequent, and tracking them down is like searching for a needle in a haystack. Choosing the right debugging technique can significantly raise the ch...

Go 1.24.0-1 Microsoft build now available

A new release of the Microsoft build of Go is now available for download. The post Go 1.24.0-1 Microsoft build now available appeared first on Microsoft for Go Developers.

Extensible Wasm Applications with Go

Go 1.24 enhances WebAssembly capabilities with function export and reactor mode

Go 1.24's `omitzero` is another one of the best additions to the ecosystem in years

After publishing Go 1.24's go tool is one of the best additions to the ecosystem in years a couple of weeks ago, a few commenters pointed me to the other massive thing that was coming in the Go 1.24 release: the omitzero JSON struct tag, and I was pretty gutted to realise I'd mis...

Go 1.23.6-2 and 1.22.12-2 Microsoft builds now available

A new release of the Microsoft build of Go including security fixes is now available for download. The post Go 1.23.6-2 and 1.22.12-2 Microsoft builds now available appeared first on Microsoft for Go Developers.

Go 1.24 arrives

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Go 1.24 is released!

Go 1.24 brings generic type aliases, map performance improvements, FIPS 140 compliance and more.

Context Package Semantics In Go

Although first introduced in 2014, the Context package remains a crucial component of Go programming, enabling efficient management of request-scoped data, deadlines, and cancellation signals. As the Go ecosystem continues to evolve, understanding the Context package’s sema...