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No episode this week, as Shay's celebrating Rosh Hashana and John's moving countries. So enjoy this replay of our interview with John Arundel from episode 21 of the show!Interview with Go 👨🏫 teacher and 📚 author, John ArundelOn Twitter: @bitfieldOn LinkedIn: bitfieldconsultingWeb site: bitfieldconsulting.comVideo: Things in Go I Never Use by Mat RyerVideo: What is the best book to learn Go in 2023?
9/30/24 • 33:02
Join us at Orca Security! New roles for Go Developers opened, hand in your CV (and tell 'em Shay sent you :) )Backend DeveloperRuntime Security ResearcherAgent DeveloperDevOps EngineerProposals🕸️ cmd/compile: relax wasm/wasm32 function import signature type constraints"Types" in the WASM spec🍗 runtime: add a way to check if fd is used by go runtimerunC Escape Vulnerability CVE-2024-21626 write-upBlog Posts💾 Register allocation in the Go compiler🏷️ What's in an (Alias) Name?Lightning Round🧑✈️ Go Singleflight Melts in Your Code, Not in Your DB🚫 cmd/go: change go test to FAIL if -run is specified but no tests match📊 Felix Geisendörfer's bugfix for fgprof
9/27/24 • 41:12
For show notes, swag store, Patreon community, and past episodes, visit cupogo.dev.Discussions & Proposals📊 metrics for the standard library 🗑️ gorename deprecation📄 Documentation update for telemetry intentions(psst; remember to run `go telemetry on`)🚮 log/slog: add slog.DiscardHandler Blog posts🤖 Building LLM-powered applications in Go❤️🩹 I hate that I like GolangOur gracious patrons support this show. Consider joining as a member, too!
9/20/24 • 38:52
Proposals🗜️ Accepted: Add new compress/zstd packagePreviously discussed in Episode 31🧼 Accepted: runtime: add AddCleanup and deprecate SetFinalizerPreviously discussed in Episode 73🗜️ Accepted: refuse to generate and/or use RSA keys smaller than 1024 bits🇮🇱 GopherCon Israel 2024, thoughts byy Shay Nehmad❄️ Blog post: New unique package by Michael KnyszekPreviously discussed in Episode 33 and Episode 38Go malware capable of cross-platform backdoor attacks🌩️ Lightning Roundgarble, Obfuscate Go codeecs, the Entity Component SystemPlease participate in the Go Developer Survey!Interview with Alice Merrick in Episode 73InterviewRan Bar-Zik https://x.com/barzikGil Adda https://www.linkedin.com/in/gil-adda-6117b9/CyberArk
9/13/24 • 69:44
Go 1.23.1 & 1.22.7 released🚫 Proposal accepted: encoding/json: add omitzero optionEpisode 34: Interview with Joe Tsai about encoding/json/v2✍️ script v0.23.0Episode 56: Interview wit xiaq, author of Elvish Episode 21: Interview with John ArundelGo blog: Telemetry in Go 1.23 and beyond by Robert FindleyRunning Go on a Raspberry Pi (הרצת גו על רספברי פיי)🌩️ Lightning Round🚣♀️ river v0.10.0AriaSQLOn Reddit🍜 OpenTofu Registry gets a User InterfaceEpisode 30: Interview with Ohad Maislish about OpenTofuInterview with Elliott Minns from Dreams of CodeWatch the interview on YouTubeDreams of Code on YouTubeWeb site: dreamsofcode.io
9/6/24 • 60:44
Thanks to Jamie Tanna for joining as Co-host!Our gracious patrons support this show. Consider joining as a member, too!Conferences roundup🇮🇱 GopherCon Israel Sep 9th https://www.gophercon.org.il/🇩🇪 Fyne Conf 2024 Sep 20th https://conf.fyne.io/🌐 GoFunc Oct 3rd https://gofunc.ru/🇰🇪 GopherCon Africa Oct 18th-19th https://nairobi.gophers.africa/🇸🇬 GopherCon Singapore https://2024.gophercon.sg/🇮🇹 GoLab Nov 11th-13th https://golab.io/Proposals✄ proposal: debug/bisect: publish x/tools/internal/bisect⚠️ proposal: errors: add All and AllAs iteratorsReleases🗃️ Cue 0.10.0 with experimental embed support⚡️ Lightning round🐣 You're not mature enough to release your first version as v1🏃 New release for FIT: Garmin watch protocol in Go💬 The most exciting part of Go 1.23🗺️ Open Source database diagram editor
8/30/24 • 55:10
🎉 Go 1.23 is here!Blog: Range Over Function Types by Ian Lance TaylorA look at the spec: Tree walking with range-over-func by Jonathan HallConferences & CFPs🇦🇺 GopherCon AU, Nov 7-8 Sydney, AustraliaCFP closes Sept 15🇺🇸 GoWest, Oct 25, Lehi, Utah, USAStill accepting lightning talksLane Wagnerboot.devLane Wagner on Cup o' GoJonathan Hall on Backend Banter🇸🇬 GopherCon SingaporeCFP closes Aug 26🇩🇪 FyneConf, Sept 20, Berlin, GermanyCFP closes today, Aug 23🇬🇧 GopherCon UK 2024 talks are now online!Proposal accepted: add Context method to testing.T🌩️ Lightning roundtimelinizeBlog: gRPC over HTTP/3 by Kevin McDonaldJonathan's wasmws fork & the original
8/23/24 • 19:59
For Patreon, Swag, past episodes, and more, visit 🔗 https://cupogo.dev/!🏛️ Go 1.22.6 & 1.21.13 released 🕵️ CVE-2024-24790 explained (and scored on Synk)🧪 Likely accept: add Context method to testing.T🧑💻 StackOverflow 2024 developer survey results
8/10/24 • 36:56
For Patreon, Swag, past episodes, and more, visit https://cupogo.dev/!🫡 Leadership Transition in the Go Project🧑⚖️ ProposalsAccepted: Adding Text() to the crypto/rand libraryProposal (likely decline): add crypt(3) compatibility in the stdlibActive Proposal: Telemetry in Delve🤝 CommunityGopherCon EU 2024 videos have been uploaded online 🎮 GameDevNew minor version for ebitengineGo for RPG tutorial on YouTube by CodingWithSphere🏎️ Lightning round💰 Go & Money🔐 Quantum-Safe TLS🐑 New ollama release
8/3/24 • 26:18
📝 Go 1.23: Interactive release notesNew proposalsruntime: add AddCleanup and deprecate SetFinalizer👉 weak: new package providing weak pointers💪 Bufstream enters public betaLightning RoundProfiling in Go: A Practical Guide by Noam YadgarCogent Core initial releaseNew RansomHub Ransomware VersionInterview with Alice MerrickPrevious episode 59: All about community
7/26/24 • 61:34
News this week:🆕 rc2 is out Google Groups noticeThe actual Merge List🇰🇪 GopherCon Africa Oct 18-19Does Go benefit more from copilot than other languages?Range-over-func demystifiedZach Musgrave's post from dolthub; Go range iterators demystifiedJohn's take on it; First impressions of Go 1.23's range-over-func feature⚡️ Lightning round"This cli component was trickier to build than I thought" by Dreams of Code on YouTubeIntroducing Quartz: A Deterministic Time Testing Library for Go by Spike Curtisov - feature rich terminal pager release v0.35.0Want to support the show? Here are some ways to do it!Twitter (X. Ugh) techhub.social/@cupogoYouTubePatreon
7/19/24 • 27:05
Conferences & CFPs🇮🇱 GopherCon Israel, Sept 9 @ Tel AvivCFP open until Jul 15🇦🇺 GopherCon AU, NoCFP open until Sept 15🇮🇳 GopherCon India, Dec 1 @ Jaipur🇩🇪 Fyne Conf, Sept 20 @ BerlinCFP open until Aug 16🇸🇬 GopherCon Singapore, October TBDCFP open until Aug 19Go 1.23 draft release notes⏲️ Blog: Resetting timers in Go by Anton Zhiyanov🌩️ Lightning RoundGeomys, A Blueprint for a Sustainable Open Source Maintenance Firm by Filippo Valsordagithub.com/openhue/openhue-go — A library for interacting with the Philips Hue smart lighting systems.github.com/frederikaverpil/neotest-golang — Reliable Neotest adapter for running Go tests in Neovim.github.com/AllenDang/giu — A rapid cross-platform GUI framework for Go.github.com/ergochat/ergo — A modern IRC server written in Go.
7/12/24 • 21:26
Go 1.22.5 & 1.21.12 releasedConferences🇮🇱 GopherCon Israel, Sept 9 @ Tel AvivCFP open until Jul 15🇦🇺 GopherCon AU, NoCFP open until Sept 15🇮🇳 GopherCon India, Dec 1 @ JaipurNew proposal: include abandoned packages in list of deprecationsBlog post: gRPC: The Good Parts by Kevin McDonald🍪 New package: github.com/syntaqx/cookieFound on Reddit: How Go allowed us to send 500 million HTTP requests to 2.5 million hosts every day
7/5/24 • 25:07
Visit our homepage - cupogo.dev - for links to our Patreon, Store, past episodes, and more.🚢 Releases1.23 RC1 released1.22.5 & 1.21.12 pre-release announcementProposals1️⃣ Accepted: cmd/gofmt: change -d to exit 1 if diffs exist🆕 Accepted: list deprecations and newer available dep versions 🪢 Accepted: spec: allow range-over-func to omit iteration variables Community⛈️ gRPC: The Bad Parts
6/28/24 • 28:42
Thanks, Erik Dubbelboer, John Basila, Suchith, and Hiji, for co-hosting the episode!Which GUI library to choose?Caesar, a new Go Web Framework"How to prove I am good at Go apart from having work experience?""Where should I learn Go?"Learn Go with Tests
6/21/24 • 19:34
Visit our homepage - cupogo.dev - for links to our Patreon, Swag Store, and more.Next week, on June 19th, we're doing a physical meetup! Join #amsterdam on the Gopher Slack to join up.🇩🇪 GopherCon Europe next week, June 17-20Can’t afford to attend online? Fill in this form: https://forms.gle/gcDGxnRJvjXbVPuZ6🎲 math/rand: make global seed a no-op📦 goreleaser v2 released📼 A few Go tools for production-level developer applications (Orca meetup Mar 2023)🎮 Why is Go not used for game development?GMTK Game Jam 2024 - Hosted by Game Maker's Toolkit🦾 gabyhelp - a new bot to help automate work in the Go issue tracker🧐 5 small tips I recently learned in Go
6/14/24 • 32:00
Go 1.22.4 & 1.21.11 releasedProposalsNew: safer file open functionsgithub.com/google/safeopen alternativeopenat man pageNew: allow range-over-func to omit iteration variablesBlog: Flaky Tests Overhaul at UberBlog: Redpanda acquires Benthos to expand its end-to-end streaming data platformInterview with Ashley JeffsTwitterLinkedInGitHubAnnouncement discussion on Hacker NewsRedpanda Connect project pagePrevious Benthos interview in Episode 27Redneck language in RedHat, cerca 1998
6/7/24 • 77:43
Go 1.22.4 & 1.21.11 coming Tuesday, June 4Community eventsGolang Atlanta meetup, June 13Cup o' Go Meetup in Amsterdam, June 19Golang Tilburg meetup, June 20Proposal accepted and implemented: new iterator functions in maps package coming in 1.23Reddit: What software shouldn't you write in Go?Blog: Blazingly Fast Shadow Stacks for Go by Felix GeisendörfBlog: Abusing Go's infrastructure by Pedro VilaçaAd breakEpisode 15, interview with Adelina Simion about her book, Test-Driven Development in GoInterview with Riccardo PinosioHugging Facehugot on GitHubONNXKnights Analytics
5/31/24 • 61:44
ProposalsAccepted: require Linux 3.17 kernel for Go 1.24Previous discussion: Episode 61Accepted: add encoding.AppendText and encoding.AppendBinaryPrevious discussion: Episode 62Accepted: add HostLayout directive type🪟 Accepted: Normalize line endings in example output comparisonsConference updates🇮🇱 GopherCon Isreael CFP open until June 30🔒 gosec v2.20.0 releasedIncluded in golangci-lint v1.58.2See also: govulncheckOpen issue: lock down future uses of linknameRelated blog post: Accessing Private Functions, Methods, Types and Variables in Go by Yarden LaifenfeldThanks to Miki for filling in!His new book, Effective Go Recipes
5/24/24 • 18:20
Upcoming conferences🇯🇵 June 8: Go Conference 2024 @ Tokyo, Japan🇩🇪 June 17-20: GopherCon EU @ Berlin, Germany🇳🇱 June 19-21: DevOps Days @ Amsterdam, Netherlands🇷🇺 June 24-25: Golang Conf 2024 @ St. Petersburg, RussiaProposals👍 Accepted: go telemetry subcommandPrevious discussion on Episode 62⛔ Declined: Notify of new major dependency versionsPrevious discussion on Episode 62🆕 New: Make math/rand.Seed a no-opThe unique package has been implemented✅ Previous discussion on Episode 33Around the community🤔 Reddit: Is it idiomatic to create a constructor that returns an interface?GitHub CLI 2.49.1 includes contribution from Shay
5/17/24 • 30:02
Go 1.22.3 & 1.22.10 releasedProposalsAccepted: add binary.Append functionLikely accept: new `go telemetry` subcommandLikely decline: Notify about new major versions of dependenciesPackt book bundleInterview with Jamie TannaBlog: Creating a more sustainable model for `oapi-codegen` in the futureBlog: oapi-codegen is moving to its own orgon GitHub: github.com/deepmap/oapi-codegen
5/10/24 • 63:59
Consider supporting the show by joining our Patreon!🆕 ReleasesGo 1.22.3 & 1.21.10 coming Tuesday🪇 ConferencesGopherCon Brazil, May 9 & 10GopherDay Taiwan, May 25🤹 Secure RandomnessBlog: Evolving the Go Standard Library with math/rand/v2Blog: Secure Randomness in Go 1.22 by Russ Coxnew proposal: Require Linux kernel 3.17 for Go 1.24🧑🔬 Interview with Bartek Nowotarski about Go vulnerability researchBlogHackerOneTwitterHTTP/2 RFC9133Luck
5/3/24 • 63:52
Proposals🍪 Accepted: support partitioned cookiesArticle: Prepare for thrid-party cookie restrictionsNew: add reflect.AssertToDeclined: builtin is[T any](any) boolMeetups & Conferences🇨🇿 Prague Go Meetup, April 23🇳🇱 Rotterdam Go Meetup, April 23🌐 Conf42 Golang, April 25, Online🇬🇧 GopherCon UK CFP closes May 17🇮🇹 GoLab CFP closes May 6Blog: Welcome to the Microsoft for Go Developers BlogBlog: Go performance from version 1.0 to 1.22 by Ben HoytInterview with Paul JollyCUE web siteTwitterLinkedIn
4/18/24 • 65:18
For more info, transcripts, and all the links, visit https://cupogo.dev.🗳️ 2024 Go Developer SurveyHugot, Huggingface pipelines for GoWhy is NPS bad? A blogpost by Jonathan🍕 Meetups🇺🇸 Denver 🇺🇸 Atlanta🇳🇱 Amsterdam🇮🇱 Israel🧙 An interview with Bill KennedyTwitter https://twitter.com/goinggodotnetLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-kennedy-5b318778/Ardan Labs https://www.ardanlabs.com/instructors/bill-kennedy/Hanna HatsThis show is supported by you! If you feel so inclined, please become a member of our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=52571196
4/12/24 • 83:57
Go 1.22.2 & 1.21.9 releasedBlog: HTTP/2 CONTINUATION Flood by Bartek NowotarskiBlog: HTTP/2 CONTINUATION Flood: Technical Details by Bartek Nowotarski🗣️ Conferences & CFPsOfficial Go "Wiki" conferences list🏴 Go West, October TBD @ Lehi, UtahCFP🌐 Conf42 Golang, April 24 @ Online🇧🇷 GopherCon Brazil, May 9-10 @ Florianópolis, SCAround the community🤐 Blog: Prevent sensitive data from leaking by Willem SchotsReddit discussion: If you could redesign Go from scratch, what would you change?Ad break:Software you can love conference: https://sycl.it/
4/5/24 • 30:51
Proposals(re)accepted: add slices.Repeat functionaccepted: report use of too-new standard library symbols with go vetFrom around the communityBlog: Context-induced performance bottleneck in Go by Gabriel AugendreNew community Q&A site: godev.com, powerd by Apache AnswerBlog: Go Enums Still Suck by Steven McCutcheonOn Reddit
3/29/24 • 20:02
🇮🇹 GoLab 2024 coming up Nov 11-13 in Florence ItallyCFP open through May 1Proposals🚫 Declined: time.Parse: letter-based formats🚫 Declined: support int(bool) conversions🗨️ Active: add builtin function is[T any](any) bool🚫 Declined: range over nil function should panicWork with Jonathan HallInterview with xiaq🧝 Elvish web sitezsh user manual
3/22/24 • 65:58
🇬🇧 Manchester Go Meetup, April 3Proposals🕛 Declined: time: add "1136214245" as layout string for unix timestamp💪 Active: promote windows/arm64 to first class portGo Blog: More powerful Go execution tracesDesign document: Execution tracer overhaulNeovim plugin for gopls documentation linksOn Reddit👸 Interview with quobixPersonal sitePrincess B33f Heavy Industrieslibopenapiopenapi-changeswiretapvacuumJSON CrackOn YouTubeAPI Days conference
3/15/24 • 71:10
🛡️ Security releases. Upgrade now!Go 1.22.1 & 1.21.8google.golang.org/protobuf v1.33.0👭 Happy International Women's Day!Upcoming meetups & events🇬🇧 London Gophers, March 20🇮🇱 Go Israel, March 12🇬🇧 GopherCon UKConference, August 14-16CFP is open!Accepted proposals: Migrate x/crypto packages into the standard libraryAround the communityGo enums suck (hackernews discussion)Reddit: Why does Go have so many traps?Blog: for Loop Semantic Changes in Go 1.22: Be Aware of the ImpactInterview with Filippo ValsordaPersonal web site: https://filippo.io/cryptopals.com challengesStanford Cryptography course on courseraRecurse CenterRead/sign up for Filippo's newsletter/blogThe blog post that started it all: I'm now a full-time professional open source maintainer
3/8/24 • 77:39
🛡️ Security updates coming on TuesdayGo 1.22.1 & 1.21.8google.golang.org/protobuf and github.com/google/protobuf🧀 Open proposal: use SwissTable to improve hash map performanceRelated releasesGopherJS 1.19 beta1 with Go 1.19 support (w/o generics)TinyGo 0.31.0 with Go 1.22 supportAround the communityUpcoming Go Isreal Meetup, March 12 @ OrcaGopherVerse, AI-Gopher generator from Creative Fabrica🔭 GopherWatch, keep tabs on Go modulesCreated by Mechiel Lukkien, interviewed in episode 3Go Blog: Robust generic functions on slices by Valentin DeleplaceReddit: My experience with Go as a Python developer🎙️ glee🏄 Interview with Grant NelsonGopherJS on GitHubWorkivaGrant on GitHub
3/1/24 • 48:00