I don't think error handling is a solved problem in language design
Catching grace
Meditation is easy when you know what to do: absolutely nothing! It's hard at first, like trying to look at the back of your own head, but there's a knack to it.
Announcing GoReleaser v2.8
Happy March! Another release is here with several improvements across the board.
Cleanups and weak pointers in Go 1.24
#545 — March 12, 2025 Unsub | Web Version Go Weekly TypeScript's Compiler to Get 10x Faster, Thanks to Go — TypeScript has shaken up the JavaScript ecosystem in recent years with an increasing number of developers relying on i...
Traversal-resistant file APIs
New file access APIs in Go 1.24.
Nil comparisons and Go interface
Comparing interface values in Go has caught me off guard a few times, especially with nils. Often, I’d expect a comparison to evaluate to true but got false instead. Many moons ago, Russ Cox wrote a fantastic blog post1 on interface internals that clarified my confusion. Th...
I'm on Fallthrough: An Exploration of APIs, Versioning, & HTTP
Earlier this year, I was invited to join the wonderful Fallthrough podcast to talk about APIs, which would be my first appearance on Fallthrough. As noted in I'm on Fallthrough: Patching Problems with Persnickety Proxies Purveyed by Paternalistic Princes, the episode on APIs was...
Go 1.24.1-1 and 1.23.7-1 Microsoft builds now available
A new release of the Microsoft build of Go including security fixes is now available for download. The post Go 1.24.1-1 and 1.23.7-1 Microsoft builds now available appeared first on Microsoft for Go Developers.
Stacked middleware vs embedded delegation in Go
Middleware is usually the go-to pattern in Go HTTP servers for tweaking request behavior. Typically, you wrap your base handler with layers of middleware—one might log every request, while another intercepts specific routes like /special to serve a custom response. However, I o...
From unique to cleanups and weak: new low-level tools for efficiency
Weak pointers and better finalization in Go 1.24.