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executable-dist-plugin
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The Simplicity of Single-File Golang Deployments
I feel like i'm taking crazy pills (at a low dose) when i read this stuff.
I deploy Java applications. In a runnable condition, they aren't a single file, but they aren't many - maybe a dozen jars plus some scripts. Our build process puts all that in a tarball. Deployment comprises copying the tarball to the server, then unpacking it [1].
That is one step more than deploying a single binary, but it's a trivial step, and both steps are done by a release script, so there is a single user-visible step.
The additional pain associated with deploying a tarball rather than a single binary is negligible. It simply is not worth worrying about [2].
But Go enjoyers make such a big deal of this single binary! What am i missing?
Now, this post does talk about Docker. If you use Docker to deploy, then yes, that is more of a headache. But Docker is not the only alternative to a single binary! You can just deploy a tarball!
[1] We do deploy the JDK separately. We have a script which takes a local path to a JDK tarball and a hostname, and installs the JDK in the right place on the target machine. This is a bit caveman, and it might be better to use something like Ansible, or make custom OS packages for specific JDKs, or even use something like asdf. But we don't need to deploy JDKs very often, so the script works for us.
[2] Although if you insist, it's pretty easy to make a self-expanding-and-running zip, so you could have a single file if you really want: https://github.com/vmware-archive/executable-dist-plugin
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Go: the future encoding/json/v2 module
A Discussion about including this package in Go as encoding/json/v2 has been started on the Go Github project on 2023-10-05. Please provide your feedback there.
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Evolving the Go Standard Library with math/rand/v2
I like the Principles section. Very measured and practical approach to releasing new stdlib packages. https://go.dev/blog/randv2#principles
The end of the post they mention that an encoding/json/v2 package is in the works: https://github.com/golang/go/discussions/63397
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Microsoft Maintains Go Fork for FIPS 140-2 Support
There used to be the GO FIPS branch :
https://github.com/golang/go/tree/dev.boringcrypto/misc/bori...
But it looks dead.
And it looks like https://github.com/golang-fips/go as well.
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Borgo is a statically typed language that compiles to Go
I'm not sure what exactly you mean by acknowledgement, but here are some counterexamples:
- A proposal for sum types by a Go team member: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/57644
- The community proposal with some comments from the Go team: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/19412
Here are some excerpts from the latest Go survey [1]:
- "The top responses in the closed-form were learning how to write Go effectively (15%) and the verbosity of error handling (13%)."
- "The most common response mentioned Go’s type system, and often asked specifically for enums, option types, or sum types in Go."
I think the problem is not the lack of will on the part of the Go team, but rather that these issues are not easy to fix in a way that fits the language and doesn't cause too many issues with backwards compatibility.
[1]: https://go.dev/blog/survey2024-h1-results
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AWS Serverless Diversity: Multi-Language Strategies for Optimal Solutions
Now, I’m not going to use C++ again; I left that chapter years ago, and it’s not going to happen. C++ isn’t memory safe and easy to use and would require extended time for developers to adapt. Rust is the new kid on the block, but I’ve heard mixed opinions about its developer experience, and there aren’t many libraries around it yet. LLRD is too new for my taste, but **Go** caught my attention.
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How to use Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) for Go applications
Generative AI development has been democratised, thanks to powerful Machine Learning models (specifically Large Language Models such as Claude, Meta's LLama 2, etc.) being exposed by managed platforms/services as API calls. This frees developers from the infrastructure concerns and lets them focus on the core business problems. This also means that developers are free to use the programming language best suited for their solution. Python has typically been the go-to language when it comes to AI/ML solutions, but there is more flexibility in this area. In this post you will see how to leverage the Go programming language to use Vector Databases and techniques such as Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) with langchaingo. If you are a Go developer who wants to how to build learn generative AI applications, you are in the right place!
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From Homemade HTTP Router to New ServeMux
net/http: add methods and path variables to ServeMux patterns Discussion about ServeMux enhancements
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Building a Playful File Locker with GoFr
Make sure you have Go installed https://go.dev/.
- Fastest way to get IPv4 address from string
- We now have crypto/rand back ends that ~never fail
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go-reuseport - reuse tcp/udp ports in golang
TinyGo - Go compiler for small places. Microcontrollers, WebAssembly (WASM/WASI), and command-line tools. Based on LLVM.
debug - Fork of pkg/debug that adds some additional functionality.
zig - General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.
Quarkus - Quarkus: Supersonic Subatomic Java.
Nim - Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language. It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada and Modula. Its design focuses on efficiency, expressiveness, and elegance (in that order of priority).
tableflip - Graceful process restarts in Go
Angular - Deliver web apps with confidence 🚀
release.sh - 🚀 A simple bash script for building Go projects for multiple platforms 💻💾
golang-developer-roadmap - Roadmap to becoming a Go developer in 2020