Automagically migrating `golangci-lint` configuration to v2 with Renovate

As mentioned in Using Renovate to manage updates to golangci-lint versions I very much recommend using Renovate to update your golangci-lint versions. With the release of golangci-lint v2 a couple of weeks ago, consumers need to perform a one-time migration of their configuration...

How much does a Go book author make?

#​549 — April 9, 2025 Unsub  |  Web Version Go Weekly Faster Shuffling in Go with Batching — Put down that deck of cards.. ‘shuffling’ here refers to moving the contents of an array about. It is based on expensive random inte...

I'm on Fallthrough: APIs: Design Imperfectly, Improve Relentlessly

A couple of weeks ago, I joined the lovely Kris Brandow and Ian Wester-Lopshire on the Fallthrough podcast to talk some more about API design. As I mentioned in I'm on Fallthrough: An Exploration of APIs, Versioning, & HTTP this was a planned follow-up, as we didn't quite cha...

My pessimism about changes to error handling in Go (but they'll happen)

Reproducing word2vec with JAX

The word2vec model was proposed in a 2013 paper by Google researchers called "Efficient Estimation of Word Representations in Vector Space", and was further refined by additional papers from the same team. It kick-started the modern use of embeddings - dense vector repr...

Is Clean Architecture Overengineering?

Quick takeaways Clean Architecture is most beneficial for complex projects with larger teams - for small teams or simple projects, it can become overengineering. Separation of concerns is the core benefit - keeping domain logic separate from implementation details makes code mor...

Getting a (vague) understanding of error handling in Rust

When is it OK to panic in Go?

#​548 — April 2, 2025 Unsub  |  Web Version Go Weekly A Guide to Optimizing for High Performance in Go — An in-progress collection of technical articles aimed at helping Go developers write faster, more efficient apps. The initial foc...

More predictable benchmarking with testing.B.Loop

Better benchmark looping in Go 1.24.

Go 1.24.2-1 and 1.23.8-1 Microsoft builds now available

A new release of the Microsoft build of Go including security fixes is now available for download. The post Go 1.24.2-1 and 1.23.8-1 Microsoft builds now available appeared first on Microsoft for Go Developers.