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Russ Cox on Go changes
#492 — January 23, 2024 Unsub | Web Version Go Weekly Rust vs Go in 2024? — A perennially popular post from yesteryear has been tweaked for 2024 (though the pros and cons remain quite similar) with a comparison of the ‘both aw...
Omitting dev dependencies in Go binaries
As of now, unlike Python or NodeJS, Go doesn’t allow you to specify your development dependencies separately from those of the application. However, I like to specify the dev dependencies explicitly for better reproducibility. While working on a new CLI tool1 for checking d...
Omitting dev dependencies in Go binaries
As of now, unlike Python or NodeJS, Go doesn’t allow you to specify your development dependencies separately from those of the application. However, I like to specify the dev dependencies explicitly for better reproducibility. While working on a new CLI tool for checking de...
Omitting dev dependencies in Go binaries
As of now, unlike Python or NodeJS, Go doesn’t allow you to specify your development dependencies separately from those of the application. However, I like to specify the dev dependencies explicitly for better reproducibility. While working on a new CLI tool for checking de...
Omitting dev dependencies in Go binaries
Track dev dependencies like golangci-lint in go.mod with a tools.go file and build tags to exclude them from production binaries.
Thoughts on Generative AI and anime
For a little while, I’ve been considering the potential impact of generative Artificial Intelligence on various areas of our lives, more recently I’ve had very interesting conversations about applying AI to help the creations of manga/animé. This blurb was writing to...
Rust vs Go in 2024
Which is a better choice, Rust or Go? Which language should you choose for your next project, and why? How do the two compare in areas like performance, simplicity, safety, features, scale, and concurrency?
"Stray Pointers" interview
Not technical writing, but Jim Lawless interviewed me on his "Stray Pointers" podcast. We discuss Forth, C, CGI, Python, Go, and AWK.
A closer look at Go 1.22
#491 — January 16, 2024 Unsub | Web Version Go Weekly Initial Thoughts on Go 1.22 — 1.22 is due next month, but the release candidate gives us a look at plenty of changes and improvements coming down the pike, including new defa...