Go is definitely not the first language on my mind, when I hear the term “Functional Programming”. Yet, functions are first-class citizens in Go, and one can achieve a lot using higher-order functions (those that can receive and/or return other functions)…

Coming from Ruby, which has excellent testing tools and libraries, the notion of table-driven tests was unusual for me. The widespread testing libraries in Ruby, such as RSpec, force the programmer to approach testing from a BDD standpoint. Thus, coming to…

This post describes how we can use the existing native data structures to implement sets (and hash-sets) in Go applications.

Write for others, not just for yourself: learn these three tips for writing code that other developers can read.

How to use text messages to automate a customer feedback process using Go and Slack. This is a quick guide with easy to understand code examples.

In the last post, we have seen that our sample controller uses Listers to retrieve the current state of Kubernetes resources. In this post, we will take a closer look at how these Listers work. Ess…

Dev's offline page is fun and we did implement it with Rust and WebAssembly. Go is simple. Can we d...

Every byte counts - Optimize them Budgets are critical to the performance. It is very imp...

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A list of great tools for Go software engineers that makes developing microservices easier. Especially useful for performance critical gRPC applications.

What's going on with Glide in a Go Modules world

Extremely flexible golang deep comparison, extends the go testing package, tests HTTP APIs and provides tests suite - maxatome/go-testdeep

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Interfaces are not without overhead

As Golang observer Matt Klein recently remarked, the Go community is again experiencing a bit of a "kerfuffle" over a proposed new feature. In case you weren't sure, a "kerfuffle" is defined as "a commotion or fuss, especially one caused by conflicting views"…

Thread by @embano1: "Did you ever ask yourself if cgroups (containers, pods, whathaveyou) can impact the @golang runtime? I did and here's whd... (thread) So ~2y ago, while working with a lot of customers moving into contai […]" #Docker #Kubernetes #Linux

If you were paying any attention to last week's column, you may have noticed one glaring error: Go++ is not a real programming language. You see, while busy rounding up opinions on Twitter and elsewhere of the latest goings-on in the ongoing development of…