Cup o' Go

Go 1.20 is out! Also, new golangci-lint, new "full-stack" email server, and Conf42 virtual event CFP!

  • The big news this week: Go 1.20 is out!
    • Profile-guided optimization is here
    • context.WithCancelCause is added
  • Go 1.18 is no longer supported
  • Proposals this week:
    • Accepted: A proposal to improve forward compatibility with go.mod
    • Accepted: A proposal to add a new stdlib package with map utilities
    • Discussion: A proposal to improve reporting of failed table tests
  • golangci-lint 1.50.0 and 1.50.1 were released with Go 1.20 support, and improved generics support
  • The Gorilla toolkit has been archived and deprecated. R.I.P.
  • Check out Sourcegraph's new concurrency library, conc
  • Events
    • GopherCon Israel happening tomorrow
    • Conf42 coming up April 20, online
      • CFP open until March 20
  • This week's interview:
    • mox by Mechiel Lukkien
    • xkcd 1172: Workflow
    • Video: Code review of mox
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