https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/Recent content in Spotlights on Applied GoHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usChristoph Bergerchris@appliedgo.netThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.Tue, 13 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/little-helper/Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/little-helper/Do not reject AI for taking the joy of coding away from you. Rather, use them in smart ways that reduce chore but keep you in control.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/the-best-language-for-ai-assisted-coding/Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/the-best-language-for-ai-assisted-coding/LLM coding is on the rise. Will today's programming languages become obsolete? Or will any language do, because the advantages of a particular language become irrelevant?https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/lethal-trifecta-avoid-with-go/Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/lethal-trifecta-avoid-with-go/A new attack targets LLMs that can access your data and the internet. The remedy: just don't let them. It's easier than you might think.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/contract-tests/Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/contract-tests/Do you rigorously distinguish between black-box and white-box testing? The distinction matters a lot, and with Go, it takes no effort to implement either kind of test.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/ai-and-go/Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/ai-and-go/AI for Go development, in Go apps, and written in Go. A list.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/mechanical-sympathy/Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/mechanical-sympathy/Go puts the developer quite close to the hardware. Understanding what's going on behind the curtains is a tactical advantage for every developer.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/go-as-a-scripting-language-for-atuin-runbooks/Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/go-as-a-scripting-language-for-atuin-runbooks/Write shell scripts as you'd write a book, with runnable Go code snippetshttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/the-cost-of-avoiding-dependencies/Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/the-cost-of-avoiding-dependencies/'Minimize dependencies, use the standard library!' is a well-known advice.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/saas-lab-01-a-not-so-minimal-web-server/Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/saas-lab-01-a-not-so-minimal-web-server/Start small, stay small: the core of a minimalist SaaS platformhttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/a-minimalist-saas-platform-01-intro/Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/a-minimalist-saas-platform-01-intro/Less code, more go: How to build a web presence, a CMS, or a web app without drowning in dependencieshttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/why-go-is-a-minimalist-language/Sun, 07 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/why-go-is-a-minimalist-language/Go has a small language specification, but does this make it a language for minimalist development?https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/so-you-dont-like-go/Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/so-you-dont-like-go/Language criticism can be useful if it doesn't decline into mere nitpicking for the sake of it.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/handle-with-care-llm-security/Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/handle-with-care-llm-security/LLMs are vulnerable to prompt injection and other attacks. Defense is difficult but insispensable.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/commit-messages-that-write-themselves/Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/commit-messages-that-write-themselves/Is combining Go and AI of any use? Yes, and even smallest tasks may benefit from a little artificial smartassing.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/blue-gopher-meets-stochastic-parrot-go-and-ai/Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/blue-gopher-meets-stochastic-parrot-go-and-ai/When Go and AI team up, endless possibilities emerge.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/write-an-mcp-server-in-go/Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/write-an-mcp-server-in-go/LLMs can just chat, unless you give them tools for working with files, searching the web, or... determining the current phase of the moon.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/call-an-llm-from-go/Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/call-an-llm-from-go/Some tasks cannot be turned into an algorithm, or only with great difficulty. Large Language Models (LLMs) to the rescue!https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/go-1.25-json-v2/Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/go-1.25-json-v2/https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/csrf-dont-mess-with-my-site/Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/csrf-dont-mess-with-my-site/Fighting cross-site request forgery (CSRF) becomes easier in Go 1.25, thanks to the new cross origin protection feature.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/go-1.25-flightrecorder/Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/go-1.25-flightrecorder/Why should you let tracing pile up huge amounts of data when you need only a few seconds of trace output? Meet FlightRecorder.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/go-1.25-container-aware-gomaxprocs/Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/go-1.25-container-aware-gomaxprocs/Before Go 1.25, GOMAXPROCS defaults to the number of available physical CPU cores at app startup time. Now it takes container limits into account and checks changes periodically.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/go-1.25-waitgroup-go/Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/go-1.25-waitgroup-go/WaitGroups are a means of synchronizing goroutines; yet the Add()/defer Done() idiom feels clumsy and is error-prone. A new method, Go(), puts an end to goroutine counting.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/go-1.25-the-synctest-package/Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/go-1.25-the-synctest-package/Tests that rely on time.Sleep() to test timings can be unreliable and slow. The synctest package introduces two antidotes: fake time andhttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/hard-truths-about-go-error-handling/Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/hard-truths-about-go-error-handling/The Go team decided to put an end to error handling syntax proposals. Time for a refresher on the kind of error handling that works well since 2009.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/atomic-functions-or-methods/Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/atomic-functions-or-methods/The sync/atomic package recommends using atomic types and their methods instead of the package-level atomic functions. For good reasons.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/webassembly-in-5-minutes/Sun, 25 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/webassembly-in-5-minutes/Compiling Go code into a WebAssembly module is easy as pie. Getting the code to interact with the browser requires a few lines of Javascript, but it's less complicated than you might think.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/pixel-perfect-display-images-in-go-playground/Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/pixel-perfect-display-images-in-go-playground/Programs in the Go Playground can print text to a space below the code editor. With a simple trick, you can even output PNG images.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/tuppers-self-referential-formula/Sun, 11 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/tuppers-self-referential-formula/A formula that describes a picture of itself? How is that possible...?!https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/green-tea-garbage-collector/Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/green-tea-garbage-collector/The Go team develops a new garbage collector algorithm suitable for multicore CPU architectures and non-uniform memory. You can try it now!https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/security-habits-that-matter-most/Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/security-habits-that-matter-most/Security is more crucial than ever. Making security an afterthought is a footgun. Learn how to write secure Go code from the start.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/final-destination-go/Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/final-destination-go/After a long (and exciting) journey through umpteenth of programming languages, I arrived at Go and finally feel at home.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/no-import-cycles/Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/no-import-cycles/Programming language theory doesn't rule out import cycles ... but this doesn't make them a good idea.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/mcp-security/Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/mcp-security/Letting an LLM code some tool in Go can be nice, especially when it uses tools via MCP. But there are some risks involved.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/functions-in-templates-funcmap/Sun, 30 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/functions-in-templates-funcmap/Go's templates allow defining custom functions for use inside the template. Nice, but type safety gets overboard. Are they still worth using?https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/option-types/Sun, 23 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/option-types/Are option types a good idea, or are they just syntactic sugar?https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/slices-clip/Sun, 16 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/slices-clip/Clipping a slice doesn't free any memory. What is slices.Clip() good for then?https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/optimize-by-porting-to-go/Sun, 09 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/optimize-by-porting-to-go/'We ported this app to Go and see a 200% performance increase!' Just by porting the app line by line to Go? Probably not.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/delve-cheat-sheet/Sun, 02 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/delve-cheat-sheet/Debuggers tend to go overboard with features and subcommands. This Delve cheatsheet lists the most important commands that cover 90% of all use cases.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/how-goroutines-want-to-exit/Sun, 16 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/how-goroutines-want-to-exit/POSIX threads have an array of control functions, goroutines have none. When to exit is a goroutine's decision. Here's how to properly stop them from the outside.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/avoid-anonymous-types/Sun, 09 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/avoid-anonymous-types/Anonymous types may seem like a suitable shortcut for simple scenarios, but the drawbacks don't outweigh the (perceived) benefits.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/error/Sun, 02 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/error/A proposed new syntax for error checking promises clearer code, but the syntax may lead to carelessly letting context-free errors bubble up the chain.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/weak-pointers/Sun, 26 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/weak-pointers/I would have called them modest pointers. They are unobtrusive and don't leave any garbage behind.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/bart-routing-table/Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/bart-routing-table/How a routing table implementation that the author wrote for in-house use became a sought-after package for networking apps.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/big-things-will-happen-2025/Sun, 12 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/big-things-will-happen-2025/You might feel powerless in the face of recent and upcoming disruptions. Think twice: Your Go skills are your secret weapon.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/install-with-manpage/Thu, 19 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/install-with-manpage/Go CLI tools should come with a man page. Here is how to distribute a man page with Goreleaser and homebrewhttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/manpage/Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/manpage/RTFM! But what if the CLI tool has no man page? Make your users happy by providing a manpage alongside your CLI app.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/property-testing/Sun, 01 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/property-testing/How to test properties of a function call that hold true for any inputhttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/just-make-a-task/Thu, 28 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/just-make-a-task/Make, Taskfile, Just, or something else? How build tools manage dependencies to avoid unnecessary work.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/package-level-api/Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/package-level-api/Package level APIs are convenient, but they aren't concurrency safe. Here is how and when to use them.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/conventions-in-go/Tue, 12 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/conventions-in-go/Good conventions make reading, sharing, and talking about code much easier.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/first-principles-thinking/Tue, 05 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/first-principles-thinking/Learning how the world works keeps you from having to blindlyhttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/reflection-binary-size/Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/reflection-binary-size/Four methods in Go's reflect package can block dead code elimination and thus increase binary size.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/ai-in-programming/Sun, 20 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/ai-in-programming/My conclusions from using an open-soruce AI coding assistant (Continue) in VSCodiumhttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/beyond-paradigms/Fri, 11 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/beyond-paradigms/Paradigms are too coarse-grained to accurately describe a language. It is better to examine the language's features and the domains in which it is used.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/realtime/Thu, 10 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/realtime/Garbage-collected languages aren't suitable for real-time apps? They are, for most flavors of 'real time'.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/cue/Sun, 22 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/cue/Standard configuration languages lack type safety and verifiability. CUE is a validation language that is perfect for replacing YAML or JSON.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/circular-dependencies/Sun, 15 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/circular-dependencies/Import dependencies in Go must contain no circles. Here is how to get rid of themhttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/function-iterator-errors/Sun, 08 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/function-iterator-errors/The new function iterators in Go 1.23 have no means for returning an error. But what if the iterator function may fail?https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/subcommands-without-command-package/Sun, 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/subcommands-without-command-package/Which CLI command package to choose? Postpone this decision and use a build tool insteadhttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/magic/Sun, 25 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/magic/Go is a non-magical language. The term 'non-magical' deserves a closer look.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/switch/Sun, 18 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/switch/Go's `switch` statement is more flexible that you might know.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/4-tools-for-generating-rest-apis/Fri, 09 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/4-tools-for-generating-rest-apis/Generate Go code from an OpenAPI spec, or vice versa? You decide. These tools help you go both ways.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/content-encoding/Sun, 04 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/content-encoding/In Go 1.23, ServeContent, ServeFile, and ServeFileFS remove the Content-Encoding header, affecting middleware that applies on-the-fly encoding.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/error-response-headers-removal-can-break-on-the-fly-encoding-go-123/Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/error-response-headers-removal-can-break-on-the-fly-encoding-go-123/https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/range-over-func/Sun, 28 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/range-over-func/The new iterator functions in Go 1.23 replace an unwieldy loop construct with the familiar range syntax. Here is how.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/6-repos-that-help-you-get-better-in-go/Sun, 07 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/6-repos-that-help-you-get-better-in-go/What's better than learning by inspecting real code? These repositories can help you transition from 'I know Go' to 'I understand how to use Go'.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/concurrency-and-pointers/Fri, 05 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/concurrency-and-pointers/Passing values through channels is fine, but beware of passing (hidden) pointers between goroutines.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/dont-check-in-gowork/Thu, 27 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/dont-check-in-gowork/The go.work file manages local redirects of remote modules. It's specific to your machine, so don't add it to the repository.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/rename-a-public-module/Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/rename-a-public-module/Renaming a public module breaks all client code. Give your clients time to move over.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/gnu-style-flags-almost/Fri, 14 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/gnu-style-flags-almost/To have GNU-style short and long flags, you don't have to reach out to third-party packages. Go's flag package can handle double-dash, long-name flags.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/a-demo-friendly-web-server/Mon, 03 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/a-demo-friendly-web-server/Or: don't hard-code your demo server port to 8080. Let it choose the next available port instead.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/domains-for-local-dev-servers/Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/domains-for-local-dev-servers/Instead of accessing your local dev servers through different port numbers, use Caddy to access them through separate domains.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/3-go-anti-patterns/Sat, 11 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/3-go-anti-patterns/Don't do this or you must go to bed without committing your code.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/efficient-tools-with-go-and-unikernels/Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/efficient-tools-with-go-and-unikernels/Unikernels can boot up rapidly and scale to zero to save energy and cost. A great basis for building efficient web-based tools.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/run-go-apps-securely-and-efficiently-with-unikraft/Fri, 19 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/run-go-apps-securely-and-efficiently-with-unikraft/Get the security of VMs with the lightness of containers: How unikernels meet both demandshttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/diamond-problem/Fri, 05 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/diamond-problem/In a diamond-shaped class hierarchy, methods can be ambiguous. Go has no class hierarchies, but struct embedding can cause a similar problem.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/time-format-strings/Sat, 16 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/time-format-strings/Go has an unconventional way of specifing time format. While time format strings can be confusing to construct, they are dead easy to read.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/containers-from-scratch/Fri, 08 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/containers-from-scratch/Containers manage binaries and their supporting libs. Pure Go binaries don't need any external libs. Is the `scratch` image the right choice?https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/json-lines/Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/json-lines/This happens when JSON and CSV have a baby. (And how your Go code can benefit from it.)https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/get-build-information-of-a-go-binary/Fri, 02 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/get-build-information-of-a-go-binary/A Go binary contains intersting details about the build process, such as Go version, dependencies, or build flags.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/communicate-by-not-sharing-memory/Fri, 05 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/communicate-by-not-sharing-memory/Can multiple goroutines write to the same slice without any safeguard? Sure, they can, but is it a good idea?https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/trivially-test-interface-values-for-nil/Sat, 09 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/trivially-test-interface-values-for-nil/https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/dont-select-the-default/Sat, 09 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/dont-select-the-default/In a select block, don't be tempted to add a default case as a "fallback" or it might turn into a busy loop.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/rename-or-relocate-a-public-go-module/Fri, 01 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/rename-or-relocate-a-public-go-module/https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/sum-types-in-go/Tue, 21 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/sum-types-in-go/Go has no native sum types. Does Go need them at all, given that it has multi-value returns, and is it possible to implement a custom sum type?https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/dot-imports-ftw-or-wtf/Tue, 14 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/dot-imports-ftw-or-wtf/At first sight, dot imports seem to make code clearer. However, in the end they only create more confusion than clarity.https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/is-t-faster-than-t/Sat, 04 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/is-t-faster-than-t/Is a slice of values faster than a slice of pointers? Does it even matter?https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/immediately-invoked-function-expressions/Fri, 20 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/immediately-invoked-function-expressions/Define an anonymous function and invoke it right away: A pattern that is sometimes useful but hard to read and hence qualifies as 'clever, not clear'https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/futures-in-go/Sun, 17 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/futures-in-go/https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/verify-struct-initialization-complete/Sun, 10 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000chris@appliedgo.nethttps://appliedgo.net/spotlight/verify-struct-initialization-complete/Go doesn't enforce struct initialization to be complete. A linter helps to catch half-baked initialization.