Curated Go

"What I learnt from building 3 high traffic web applications on an embedded key value store." - @tonialaribe Some interesting observations. But then, I love BoltDB and Badger! #golang hackernoon.com/what-i-learnt-…

"Practical Go Benchmarks" - @stackimpact Really nice cheatsheet on benchmarks for various bits of common functionality. #golang stackimpact.com/blog/practical…

"Creating My First Web Application with Go" - @rosicadia Long walkthrough on a first experience building a WebApp with Go. #golang rosalita.github.io/building-a-web…

"Working with Redis in Go" - @ajmedwards Nice seing another Redis driver (radix.v2) perspective as an alternative to Redigo. #golang alexedwards.net/blog/working-w…

"Mocking an interface in Golang" - @Gary_LuY Walkthrough of three ways to mock an interface, with examples. #golang glucn.blog/2018/03/04/moc…

"Fast small prime checker in golang" An interesting solution. Anyone care to riff on this? :) #golang nerdralph.blogspot.com/2018/03/fast-s…

"On Node.js, Go and concurrency" - @edneypitta Hi everyone, we're back. Nice easy one to get started with. Not sure I agree with everything here but it's a nice easy read. #golang edneypitta.com/on-node-go-con…

"How I learned Go Programming" - @codehakase Starting the New Year with a great post by someone new to Go. #golang dev.to/codehakase/how…

Hi everyone, we're taking a break from today until the New Year. We wish you all the best over the next two weeks and we'll see you in 2018. Happy Gophering! #golang P.S. We almost got to 4,000 followers this year (3,441 isn't bad); thank you all for helping make this possible.

"Short Introduction to Bleve" - @a_little_srdjan A lovely intro to a great project, with fabulous descriptions on core concepts. #golang medium.com/wireless-regis…

"Using the Syntax Tree" - @oliverwyman Nice clear example of walking the AST and performing a simple manipulation of the code. #golang tech.labs.oliverwyman.com/blog/2011/04/3…

"The complete guide to Go net/http timeouts" - @FiloSottile An oldie (yeah, like a year old) but a goodie. An awesome post and still relevant. (Side note: this is why I like Go, it's stable.) #golang blog.cloudflare.com/the-complete-g…

"Moving from PHP to Go and Back Again" Interesting take, but I wish they'd tried Buffalo! #golang blog.breakthru.solutions/re-moving-from…

"HTTP File Upload and Download" - @mzupzup Great example showing various things you need to think about when processing uploaded files. #golang zupzup.org/go-http-file-u…

"Go Tooling Essentials" - @rakyll Loads of great nuggets of info for beginners to learn and everyone else to remind themselves. #golang rakyll.org/go-tool-flags/

"cgo: When and (Usually) When Not to Use it" - @relistan Great to see the cases for and against, and how to do it if you need to. #golang relistan.com/cgo-when-and-w…

"Unit Testing in Go" - @adamczerepinski A nice run-down of the testing methods available in the stdlib. #golang adamcz.com/blog/unit-test…

"Buffalo Tutorial: Create a site with GitHub Auth" In-depth walkthrough using buffalo and goth for GitHub Auth. #golang blog.gobuffalo.io/buffalo-tutori…

@andychilton And though I really wanted to get to 4,000 followers this year (I knew it was a stretch) I'm pretty stoked we're not that far short (~750). Watch out for new things coming in 2018. Nothing will drastically change, but there will be a few additions to look out for. Thx! #golang

Hi everyone following @CuratedGo, those who have been following since last year and welcome to everyone who is new this year. I hope you're enjoying what I (@andychilton) do and would love your feedback for the direction I take this account next year. Please reply. #golang