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The Reflect Package
In the previous article we watched the runtime rebuild an entire stack trace out of metadata the compiler and linker had frozen into the binary at build time. I told you at the end that reflect works on exactly the same trick — metadata baked into the binary, only pointed at y...
Plugins case study: Pluggy
Recently I came upon Pluggy, a Python library for developing plugin systems. It was originally developed as part of the pytest project - known for its rich plugin ecosystem - and later extracted into a standalone library. You're supposed to reach out for Pluggy if you want to add...
Go security issues worth auditing for
#605 — June 12, 2026 Read the Web Version Go Weekly How Much Do AMD64 Microarchitecture Levels Help? — A benchmark of Go’s GOAMD64 levels on roaring shows gains from v2/v3, but little from v4. A reminder to benchmark CPU-heavy cod...
Understanding Embark in GNU Emacs (a bit) and some 'stupid' Embark tricks
Thoughts on starting new projects with LLM agents
A few months ago I wrote about using LLM agents to help restructuring one of my Python projects. It's worth beginning by saying that the rewrite has been successful by all reasonable measures; I've been able to continue maintaining that project since then without an issue. In thi...
Go experiments, explained
#604 — June 5, 2026 Read the Web Version Go Weekly 🔬 Go Experiments Explained — Go ships ‘experimental’ features so you can trial new functionality or behavior changes before they're locked in, but do you know how to find an...
The Emacs packages that I use (as of June 2026)
Go 1.26.4-1 and 1.25.11-1 Microsoft builds now available
A new release of the Microsoft build of Go including security fixes is now available for download. The post Go 1.26.4-1 and 1.25.11-1 Microsoft builds now available appeared first on Microsoft for Go Developers.
My GNU Emacs completion setup (as of June 2026)