When doomed stubs attack: blockchain voting and proof of work

If cryptocurrencies aren’t managed by any central authority, what’s to stop anyone just printing themselves some money and spending it on pizza? The answer, excitingly, is “math”.

OpenSource Fridays Brasil

I was in a live stream with Pachi Parra, talking a bit about my background, and about GoReleaser.

Go 1.25.5-1 and 1.24.11-1 Microsoft builds now available

A new release of the Microsoft build of Go including security fixes is now available for download. The post Go 1.25.5-1 and 1.24.11-1 Microsoft builds now available appeared first on Microsoft for Go Developers.

Reddit's migration from Python to Go

#​581 — December 3, 2025 Read the Web Version Go Weekly Getting Started with Go on the Nintendo 64 — EmbeddedGo is a fork of the standard Go compiler that adds support for bare-metal compilation targeting numerous devices, now includ...

The Unified IR Format

In the previous post , we explored how the Go compiler’s type checker analyzes your code. We saw how it resolves identifiers, checks type compatibility, and ensures your program is semantically correct. Now that we have a fully type-checked AST, the next logical step would...

Go still supports building non-module programs with GOPATH

Announcing GoReleaser v2.13

Happy thanksgiving - GoReleaser v2.13 is here!

Splintered failure modes in Go

Simplify Go error handling by consolidating validation and system errors. Learn when to return boolean vs error for clearer failure modes.

Pointer pop quiz

Here’s a silly example extracted from real code. Does this program print true or false?

Becoming a Product Engineer: First Steps

Quick takeaways Developers are often kept in “golden cages” - treated as coding monkeys receiving tasks without understanding the broader context or product vision Requirements are usually incomplete or wrong - understanding the business context helps developers spot...