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Compiler bootstrapping depends on more than you might think

Go 1.27.2-1 and 1.26.9-1 Microsoft builds now available

A new release of the Microsoft build of Go including security fixes is now available for download. The post Go 1.27.2-1 and 1.26.9-1 Microsoft builds now available appeared first on Microsoft for Go Developers.

Hooking into the Go toolchain

#​620 — October 9, 2026 Read the Web Version ℹ️ We're back, but we're taking another break next week, so we'll see you again on Friday, October 23! :-)__Your editor, Peter Cooper Go Weekly The Data Race That Wasn't a Bug (and the...

Monte-Carlo simulations

Monte Carlo simulations (or methods) is the technique of applying randomness and the Law of large numbers to the solution of various scientific and engineering problems. One of its first documented uses was by Stanislaw Ulam and John von Neumann for nuclear weapon simulations aft...

What I use Eglot for in GNU Emacs and what good it is

Dancing backwards with Go: why TDD is weird

“Write tests… first? That sounds backwards.” I know exactly what you mean, but stay with me. This is going somewhere… backwards, and in high heels!

Hooking into the Go Toolchain

Today we’re going to take a look at the Go toolchain, and more specifically at how we can take part in the compilation process with our own code. We won’t patch the compiler. We’ll stand right next to it while it works, watch what it does, and every now and then...

Arch-specific SIMD in Go

Go 1.27 introduces experimental arch-specific SIMD vector APIs

Summary of reading: July - September 2026

"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë - good writing, but the protagonists are quite something. There's barely a likable character in the whole story - they are all either crazy, evil, stupid or a combination of these. It's also remarkable to consider how small the worl...