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The Problem Isn’t AI. It’s Lazy Creators
There is a clear backlash against software written by AI, something we hear from some developers and consumers alike. The reality however, is that most if not all software will be partly written by AI, it’s inevitable and even irresponsible to not do so. The problem isn’t us...
A new Go API for JSON
Go 1.27 introduces new encoding/json/v2 and encoding/json/jsontext packages.
How //go:embed Works: From Source Files to Binary
Since its release in Go 1.16 (2021), //go:embed has quickly proven to be one of the most loved features of the Go language. Russ Cox and Brad Fitzpatrick originally designed the feature in 2020 to embed files and directories into Go binaries using a go directive (more on what tha...
Wails 3 arrives after nearly four years
#622 — October 30, 2026 Read the Web Version Go Weekly Wails 3.0: Build Desktop Apps with Go and Native Web Views — Nearly four years after its alpha, Wails 3 lets you build desktop apps with a Go backend and web frontend, rendered...
Code Safari: Go subcommands
Gwyn James and I explore some Go code.
The heat is on: handling units in Rust
If it’s forty degrees out, should you wrap up, or strip off? Let’s see how Rust’s type system can help us manage quantities, units, and conversions in our programs.
Our Response To The eMudhra Key Disclosure Incident
How the Go team responded to the eMudhra certificate compromise with our first-ever URGENT track security release.
New Frame of Reference for Development: From Additive to Subtractive
I just completed a massive software port in 5 days, for less than $200 in AI costs, using 3+ coding agents (Codex Sol 6.1 High). A project I had previously dismissed because it would have required months of work from a small team of experienced engineers. I've been using AI in m...
Why Go had to hardcode a block on broken certs
#621 — October 23, 2026 Read the Web Version Go Weekly Interactive Refactoring in gopls — LSP refactorings can't 'ask' you anything, so "Add struct tags" in gopls just guessed json and camelCase. gopls can now pop up dialogs to coll...