In this article, I'll describe how to organize protobuf files messages and gRPC services in the Go sources. I'll briefly examine how to use protoc and plugins with the proper imports, and project structure.

While writing Go, you might might run into the following situation: You want to collect the results of a function in a slice. However, the function returns a pointer.

You might then ask yourself:

What kind of slice should I use? A slice of values or a slice of pointers?

Let’s make this a bit more concrete.

Not a hard question. It’s sum types! (Or enums, tagged unions, or whatever you want to call them).

In this article we’ll explore a package called script that aims to sprinkle some Unix shell fairy dust on your Go programs.

Rust vs Go in 2023

Which is better, Rust or Go? Go or Rust? Which language should you choose for your next project in 2023, and why? How do the two compare in areas like performance, simplicity, safety, features, scale, and concurrency? What do they have in common, and where do they fundamentally differ? Let’s find out, in this friendly and even-handed comparison of Rust and Golang.

Is Go 1.21 already on your upgrade list? It should be!

In the tradition of Go, release 1.21 does not deliver loads of new language features but many improvements to the toolchain and the ecosystem.

Waiting for go1.21: Execution Tracing with < 1% Overhead

Learn about the upcoming go1.21 performance improvements that reduce the overhead of execution tracing from up to 20% to less than 1% for most applications.

Go 1.21 Release explained

Understanding Go 1.21 generics type inference

Breaking down the release notes, with concrete explanations and annotated examples