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...
Announcing GoReleaser v2.7
Happy February! Another release is here with several improvements across the board.
Why does Go's io.Reader have such a weird signature?
I’ve always found the signature of io.Reader a bit odd: type Reader interface { Read(p []byte) (n int, err error) } Why take a byte slice and write data into it? Wouldn’t it be simpler to create the slice inside Read, load the data, and return it instead? // Hypot...
My first Zig program - zigping
For me the best way to learn something new is to actually build something with it. Yes, there is some hype around Zig nowadays (Ghostty, Bun are build in Zig), but don’t listen to it, go try it out and see for yourself if it solves your problem or not.
Microsoft build of Go 1.24 FIPS changes
The Microsoft build of Go 1.24 ships with many new FIPS-140 related features. Here's a closer look at the upcoming changes. The post Microsoft build of Go 1.24 FIPS changes appeared first on Microsoft for Go Developers.