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

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

February 6, 2023 / 31:04/E3

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The Gorilla toolkit has been archived and deprecated.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

Jonathan Hall

Freelance Gopher, Continuous Delivery consultant, and host of the Boldly Go YouTube channel.

Shay Nehmad

Engineering Enablement Architect @ Orca