The X/Tools Files

Go 1.25.1 and Go 1.24.7 are released🇩🇪 GopherCon Europe: Berlin 2025 videos online⏱️ Blog: Testing Time (and other asynchronicities) by Damien NeilVideo: Testing Time (and other asynchronous code)👖 gofumpt v0.9.0 releasedVideo: Go's Naked Returns: Be afraid!🗳️ Blog: Building Bulletproof Leader Election in Kubernetes Operators: A Deep Dive by Ishai ShorProposalsAccepted: deprecate x/net/context package👈 Likely accept: spec: expression to create pointer to simple typesJonathan is available for fractional Gopher work!Lightning Roundgithub.com/jackc/pgx/v5 v5.7.6 released👕 Gopher themed Hawaiian shirt designsNew "official" fork of Go YAML library ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

This episode is sponsored by Boldly Go! Need fractional Gophering work? Visit boldlygo.tech.For everything Cup o' Go, incl. swag, Patreon, past episodes, and more, please visit our website.GopherCon 2026 location pollGopherCon IndiaGOMAXPROCSCourse: "Introducing Command Line Applications in Go"SQLite benchmarks ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

🥩 Meatspace🇺🇸 Going to GopherCon in NYC? Meet other Cup'o'Gophers there!🇺🇸 Interested in a SF meetup? Fill out the poll🇷🇺 Let's GoConf, Sept 12 @ Moscow, RussiaGopherJS 1.19 with generics releasedInterview with Grant Nelson, Episode 53ProposalsAccepted: x/tools/go/analysis/structtag: stricter JSON tag checkingPrevious mention: Episode 117New: errors: As with type parametersNew: x/net/context: deprecate package or symbols in package, and potentially tag/deleteLightning Round🐐 GoAT: Go ASCII TOOL🍰 Blog: Fun With Golang Slices by Monique Mudama ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Go 1.25 is released🛠️ x/tools contains public packages that fail to build with Go 1.25.0🧱 Building blocks for idiomatic Go pipelines by Anton ZhiyanovGopherCon USA, Aug 26-28 in New York🌩️ Lightning Roundoutrig ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Visit https://cupogo.dev/ for all things Cup o' Go![security] Go 1.24.6 and Go 1.23.12 are releasedMicrosoft build of Go Telemetry – Helping Us Build Better ToolsGo Assembly Mutation TestingGitLab catches MongoDB Go module supply chain attackBreak:Jonathan's streaming again on TwitchGeorge Adams interviewMicrosoft devblogs  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

🗳️ Surveys say...StackOverflow 2025 Developer Survey resultsThe Pragmatic Engineer 2025 SurveyProposals🆕 New: proposal: x/tools/go/analysis/structtag: stricter JSON tag checkingRelated discussion on Episode 117Accepted: doc: mention "purego" build tag convention somewhere🤡 Accepted: mime: expand on what is covered by builtinTypesAccepted: log/slog: add multiple handlers support for loggerRelated discussion on Episode 118🌩️ Lightning RoundCL to fix incorrect expansion of "", "." and ".." in LookPath🧋 Blog: Developing a terminal UI in Go with Bubble Tea ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Jon's gone fishing, Shay's gone camping, so the community took the time to optimize all the things :)https://cupogo.dev/ for all the links and details! This show is supported by you, and there are many ways to support the show (directly and indirectly). Thanks for listening!Meetup roundupJamie Tanna - Hands on dependency workshop @ FatsomaFyne Conf 2025 exclusive CFPGo South AfricaGopherCon UKGopherConGopherCon IndiaGolab (Florence, Italy)GoWest, as previously mentioned on the showGophercon AfricaProposal moved to Active: http3Datadog's blogpost: How Go 1.24's Swiss Tables saved us hundreds of gigabytesTurso's blogpost: We rewrote large parts of our API in Go using AI: we are now ready to handle one billion databasesDaniel Harp's ^ throw operatorAhmet Alp Balkan's blogpost: Kubernetes List API performance and reliability ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Go 1.24.5 and Go 1.23.11 are releasedGo 1.25 Release Candidate 2 is released🇿🇦 GopherCon South Africa, Aug 6-7 OnlineGo Blog: Generic Interfaces by Axel WagnerProposals🪵 New: log/slog: add multiple handlers support for logger👉 New: spec: expression to create pointer to simple typesVideo: 10 Things I Hate About Gourfave/cli: a declarative, simple, fast, and fun package for building command line tools in Go ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

vscode-go v0.48.0 released with golangci-lint v2 supportgolangci-lint v2 showcase and interview with Ldez, episode 104LookPath bug: incorrect expansion of "" and "." in some PATH configurations🛠️ Proposal: cmd/fix: remove all functionalityUnexpected security footguns in Go's parsers by Vasco Franco🌩️ Lightning RoundBlog: Go: Don't name packages common nounspennybase: Poor man's Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS), similar to Firebase/Supabase/PocketbaseInterview with Miriah Peterson & Derrick Laird🏕️ GoWest ConferenceForge Utah FoundationDerrick Laird on XMiriah Peterson on X ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

ngrok Go SDK v2 released🚁 Go 1.25 interactive tour by Anton ZhiyanovJSON evolution in Go: from v1 to v2 by Anton Zhiyanov📘 Free eBook: Data Serialization in Go by Jonathan HallJSON BenchmarksLightning Round🐍 charm FangYouTube short: CoPilot API is written in Go⌨️ Typst: Compose text fasterJeremy ForanBlue Flag Consulting ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★