Announcing GoReleaser v1.18 — the maintainers month release
May is the maintainers month, so I would first like to thank all the maintainers out there for the hard work, you rock!
Quick tip: A time-saving Makefile for your Go projects
Whenever I start a new Go project, one of the first things I do is create a Makefile in the root of my project directory. This Makefile serves two purposes. The first is to automate common admin tasks (like running tests, checking for vulnerabilities, pushing changes to a remo...
Serving the current directory over HTTP with Go
I've recently been updating a few lightweight static websites and have wanted to preview the changes locally. Although I usually reach for python -mhttp.server, it's a bit cumbersome to type, so I wanted something a little shorter. I was thinking of writing a script to make it qu...
Using open, pbcopy and pbpaste over SSH
Having your favorite commands available over SSH can be very convenient.
The two types of C programmers (a provocative thesis)
WebAssembly Text code samples
This post talks about writing WebAssembly by hand (using its textual format), and mentions a new GitHub repository I've created with code samples. A bit of nomenclature first. WASM stands for WebAssembly - it has a binary format and a textual format. The textual format, called We...
An interesting mistake I made with a (Go) SSH client API
The Tao of Go
What is the Tao of Go, and how can we work with it, like a surfer going with the waves instead of struggling against them? By being kind, simple, humble, and not striving; here’s how.
Random testing in Go
Choosing good test cases for our Go programs can be a bit hit-and-miss. What if we could automate that process? Let’s talk about randomisation, property-based testing, and Go’s built-in fuzz testing feature.
Failing to build a useful pre Go 1.21 static Go toolchain on Linux