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Understanding Testcontainers: The Ryuk Reaper
If you’ve used Testcontainers in any language (Go, Java, .NET, Python, Node, Rust), you’ve probably noticed an extra container hanging around in your docker ps output while your tests run. Its image is testcontainers/ryuk, and its name follows a pattern that varies by...
The prospect for language independent tooling for making code changes
Go code can now run before your OS does
#616 — September 4, 2026 Read the Web Version Go Weekly Go 1.27 Can Now Find Leaked Goroutines — Go 1.27 added a goroutineleak profile that spots goroutines permanently blocked on channels or sync primitives, even in production. It p...
Go 1.27.1-1 and 1.26.8-1 Microsoft builds now available
A new release of the Microsoft build of Go is now available for download. The post Go 1.27.1-1 and 1.26.8-1 Microsoft builds now available appeared first on Microsoft for Go Developers.
Goroutine Leak Profiles
Go 1.27 includes new goroutine leak profiles.
Stage One
This week, I checked into Stanford’s oncology department. I walked out of my doctor’s office having learned that I may have stage 1 cancer. “May” is an uncomfortable place to be. There is no certainty until surgeons remove parts of the tumor and pathology...
De-Googling: Replacing Google Search with Kagi
A few weeks ago my main Google account was blocked by Google without any reason provided or a way to reclaim it. At its scale, Google probably uses various automated signals and AI to ban accounts and by mistake can easily close yours. I was already slowly “de-googling&rdqu...
How big are factorials?
The other day, I found myself wondering how big 52! (52 factorial) is, and that led me to ponder how these could be estimated without a calculator or a computer. It turns out there’s some fairly interesting math behind being able to estimate the size (number of digits) of …
Generic methods land in Go 1.27
#615 — August 28, 2026 Read the Web Version 🗓️ If you missed us last week, good news… we're back! As expected, Go 1.27 landed last week, but there's plenty more to get into today :-)__Your editor, Peter Cooper Go Weekly ⭐...