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Christoph (Applied Go)

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Go beyond the Go tutorials. Sending regular Go news here and at https://nitter.gq/t.co/wEr1Bjil3r

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Joined February 2016
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Replying to @MattJamesBoyle
Finally! My favs: weak pointers and the tool dependency management.
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Replying to @salman_paracha @rakyll
I am happy with Ollama. Probably because I don't even understand what "not being able to get token logprobs" means, and how it would affect my use of LLMs. (Most of what's glaring and obvious for you as an AI specialist is beyond the average AI user... 🤷‍♂️)
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A quick announcement: Black Friday is nearing, and my course Master Go is $60 off until Dec 2nd. This is a great occasion to enter the world of a true team language that makes programming fun again. More info at appliedgo.com/courses/master….
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The old world is dying. The new one slow to dawn. In this chiaroscuro, monsters spawn. –Antonio Gramsci 1891–1937

ALT The old world is dying. The new one slow to dawn. In this chiaroscuro, monsters spawn. –Antonio Gramsci 1891–1937

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From building a system monitor to using conventions for readability: This Applied Go Weekly Newsletter issue is about practical Go. newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc… #golang newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc…
Go Practical! • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-11-10

Go Practical! • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-11-10

Go Practical! Hi , Today's issue is all about practical Go! Build a system monitor, write secure code, understand sync.Once, listen to the creators of Elvish...

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Knowledge reduces dependencies. The latest Applied Go Weekly Newsletter issue is about digging down to the roots. newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc… #golang newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc…

First Principles First! • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-11-03

First Principles First! Hi , Back to the basics: How does an HTTP router work? How does Go's time formatting work? How does fuzz testing work? I think that...

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- Making a CI/CD pipeline five times faster - How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love PubSub - I own my LLM chat history, and so should you The latest Applied Go Weekly Newsletter is here! newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc… #golang newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc…
A Liberating Language • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-10-27

A Liberating Language • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-10-27

A Liberating Language Hi , How important is the choice of language for the success of a project, in the short and long term? Some programmers consider one...

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Can you visualize your tests? Would you rely on a GOAT on your next web app project? Are the Swiss really famous for their... tables? newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc… #golang newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc…
Of tests, goats, and swiss tables • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-10-20

Of tests, goats, and swiss tables • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-10-20

Of tests, goats, and swiss tables Hi , Binary size is usually not a problem... until it is. If the usual methods of shrinking binaries aren't sufficient, a...

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LLMs in programming: blessing or curse? Also in this issue: - Writing a circuit breaker in Go - Reflecting on Go reflection - Understanding sync_Map - And more! (This tweet brought to you by an LLM.) newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc… #golang newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc…
To bot or not to bot? • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-10-13

To bot or not to bot? • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-10-13

To Bot Or Not To Bot? Hi , LLMs are getting better every few months, and the discussions about the pros and cons enter a new round every time a new model is...

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Is Go procedural, object-oriented, functional, or all of it, or none? The latest Applied Go Weekly Newsletter is here! newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc… #golang newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc…
Beyond Paradigms • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-10-06

Beyond Paradigms • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-10-06

Did you ever try mentioning to functional programming purists that Go has some aspects of functional programming (specifically, functions as first-class...

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- Garbage-collected languages (Go, that is!) and real-time applications - Register allocation in the Go compiler - Go Singleflight Melts in Your Code, Not in Your DB - Llama3.2 1B as a tiny code assistant on your local machine newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc… #go newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc…
Real time? What do you mean? • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-09-29

Real time? What do you mean? • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-09-29

"Go has garbage collection and therefore can never be considered a high-speed language." Um, wrong. Speed is relative, and Go is orders of magnitudes faster...

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Christoph (Applied Go) retweeted
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modernc.org@modernc_org28 Sep 2024
[ANN] tk9.0: The CGo-free, cross platform GUI toolkit for Go - modernc.org/tk9.0
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Friends don't let friends write circular dependencies. Also: - Building LLM-powered applications in Go - Ten Thousand Pixels - The Go Developer Survey newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc… #golang newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc…
Running in Circles • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-09-15

Running in Circles • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-09-15

When I wrote this week's spotlight, these lines from Tears For Fears' song "Mad World" came to my mind: I find it hard to tell you 'Cause I find it hard to...

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Personal side projects can turn into toy apps... or full-blown, production-ready systems. Two examples popped up this week. Plus: - Database transactions - Telemetry - Testing newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc… #golang newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc…
It's My Project And I Cry If I Want To • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-09-08

It's My Project And I Cry If I Want To • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-09-08

Contrary to my usual habits, I decided to include two projects in the Featured section that are the results of great personal dedication and persistence....

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How would you call a Go channel whose elements are channels whose elements are channels whose elements are channels of int? Over-engineered. newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc… #golang newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc…
KISS. Because YAGNI. • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-09-01

KISS. Because YAGNI. • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-09-01

Beware of over-engineering. Sometimes, a quick hack is sufficient. This week's spotlight describes an example: Instead of selecting a CLI command library and...

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How much magic should a programming language contain? Also: - Go maps explained - Range over function types - Llama nuts and bolts The latest Applied Go Weekly Newsletter is here! newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc… #golang newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc…
It's (not) magic • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-08-25

It's (not) magic • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-08-25

Magic can be wonderful. Shake a wand like a conductor of an orchestra and turn that impenetrable door into dust. Quaff a magic potion and gain enough...

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Christoph (Applied Go) retweeted
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@MattJamesBoyle20 Aug 2024
Just a reminder that I have a free course showing you all the new features in Go 1.23. Check it out here: bytesizego.com/go-1-23-in-23…
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- Go 1.23: My favorite features - How the testing harness works - How to win frames and influence pointers - Go structs are copied on assignment - Five ways of using the switch statement The latest Applied Go Weekly Newsletter is here! newsletter.appliedgo.net/arc…

One, two, three • The Applied Go Weekly Newsletter 2024-08-18

This week, I struggled with a codebase that I hadn't touched for a while. What a mess! My brains worked hard to reconstruct how all the parts work together,...

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Go 1.23 has been released yesterday. I have been collecting articles and docs and links from around the web and made a Go 1.23 "pillar page" from which you can dig into the new release as deep as you want! #golang appliedgo.net/go123/?utm_sou…
Go One-Two-Three: My Favorite Features of Go Release 1.23

Go One-Two-Three: My Favorite Features of Go Release 1.23

Go 1.23 introduces iterator functions, new structs and unique packages, changes to Timer and Ticker, and more.

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