How to become the richest person on earth (and learn some Go along the way)

Ok, to be frank, this article is mostly about the second part of the title. We will build a market simulation with minimal Go code, and show how the rich get richer even when they are not greedy at all.


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Packaging a project release (goreleaser part 2)

In the previous post, I used goreleaser to add binaries to a project release. Now let's have goreleaser build a Homebrew formula as well. Automatically, and for macOS and Linux alike.


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CLI tools FTW (or: how to distribute your CLI tools with goreleaser)

“go get” is a super-simple way of installing Go binaries, but not everyone has a Go compiler installed. If you want to make your CLI tools and apps available to the world, have a look at goreleaser.


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Cannot import main: a Go Module gotcha

Two questions for you: Do you name an app module simply “main”? And do you happen to write tests for a main package? If so, you are in big trouble! (Ok, that was a bit clickbait-ey…) Well, the world is not exactly going to end; however, you might encounter an unexpected error that is hard to track down.


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Futures in Go, no package required

Futures are mechanisms for decoupling a value from how it was computed. Goroutines and channels allow implementing futures trivially. Does this approach cover all aspects of a future?


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what.Happens - a debug logging package for developers only

Package what provides some handy debug-logging functions that can be enabled and disabled via build flags. No more information leaks in your production code!


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Slow down your code with goroutines

Or: How adding goroutines can keep your CPU busy shuffling things around.


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In the news: Go on AWS Lambda

Just recently, Amazon announced support for Go on AWS Lambda. Here is a summary of last week's news around this topic.


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How to Create PDF Documents

Pure data is for computers and nerds like you and me. Anyone else likes nicely formatted reports. Go and a good PDF package can help.


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Processing spreadsheet data in Go

Your managers, all through the hierarchy, love circulating spreadsheets via email. (They simply don't know better.) How to extract and analyze the relevant data from the daily mess? Go can help.


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