Matt Boyle
@mattboyle.bsky.social
Head of Product Engineering @ ona.com
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Matt Boyle
@mattboyle.bsky.social
· Mar 25
Today I'm proud to launch your new favourite Go book in early access!
This book will go to a depth not seen before in Go books, and the first three chapters are available right now:
www.bytesizego.com/books/anatom...
This book will go to a depth not seen before in Go books, and the first three chapters are available right now:
www.bytesizego.com/books/anatom...
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There is an environment variable (GOMAXPROCS) that you can set which determines how many threads your go program will use simultaneously... 🧵
January 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
There is an environment variable (GOMAXPROCS) that you can set which determines how many threads your go program will use simultaneously... 🧵
People are often surprised that both Ona (formerly Gitpod) agents and our platform are built in Go, not Python.
The advantages are real, and I think we’ll see more and more companies making the same choice.
I talk about this (and a lot more) on the latest episode of the Cup O’ Go podcast.
The advantages are real, and I think we’ll see more and more companies making the same choice.
I talk about this (and a lot more) on the latest episode of the Cup O’ Go podcast.
September 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
People are often surprised that both Ona (formerly Gitpod) agents and our platform are built in Go, not Python.
The advantages are real, and I think we’ll see more and more companies making the same choice.
I talk about this (and a lot more) on the latest episode of the Cup O’ Go podcast.
The advantages are real, and I think we’ll see more and more companies making the same choice.
I talk about this (and a lot more) on the latest episode of the Cup O’ Go podcast.
Reposted by Matt Boyle
For most of us, garbage collection is something we have heard of but never need to pay attention to.However, one of the reasons Go is so efficient and easy to learn is due to its excellent GC. 🧵
January 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
For most of us, garbage collection is something we have heard of but never need to pay attention to.However, one of the reasons Go is so efficient and easy to learn is due to its excellent GC. 🧵
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This weekend I vibe coded a tool where you can check if sites were created by vibe coding so you can judge other sites for vibe coding whilst you vibe code.
Check it out here: https://vibe-coder-analyzer.pages.dev
What's the lowest score you can find?
Check it out here: https://vibe-coder-analyzer.pages.dev
What's the lowest score you can find?
March 17, 2025 at 7:33 AM
This weekend I vibe coded a tool where you can check if sites were created by vibe coding so you can judge other sites for vibe coding whilst you vibe code.
Check it out here: https://vibe-coder-analyzer.pages.dev
What's the lowest score you can find?
Check it out here: https://vibe-coder-analyzer.pages.dev
What's the lowest score you can find?
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Here's a thread with a brief history of dependency management in Go.
For those of you newer to Go, it might surprise you to know that go modules was not always part of the language. When Go launched in 2009, it did not have any dependency management solution as Google had no need for one.
For those of you newer to Go, it might surprise you to know that go modules was not always part of the language. When Go launched in 2009, it did not have any dependency management solution as Google had no need for one.
January 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Here's a thread with a brief history of dependency management in Go.
For those of you newer to Go, it might surprise you to know that go modules was not always part of the language. When Go launched in 2009, it did not have any dependency management solution as Google had no need for one.
For those of you newer to Go, it might surprise you to know that go modules was not always part of the language. When Go launched in 2009, it did not have any dependency management solution as Google had no need for one.
We sometimes struggle to position Ona, as we built it for parallelism to be at the core of everything you do and you have to feel it to "get it".
Our CTO Chris has put together a best practise guide for how to use our platform to get maximum productivity without trading off security.
Our CTO Chris has put together a best practise guide for how to use our platform to get maximum productivity without trading off security.
September 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We sometimes struggle to position Ona, as we built it for parallelism to be at the core of everything you do and you have to feel it to "get it".
Our CTO Chris has put together a best practise guide for how to use our platform to get maximum productivity without trading off security.
Our CTO Chris has put together a best practise guide for how to use our platform to get maximum productivity without trading off security.
Reposted by Matt Boyle
errGroups are probably my favourite Go package.
errGroup makes it really easy to take a bunch of tasks and run them in parallel, making your program faster. They do this whilst keeping your code readable.
Here's an example of one of my most common use-cases I asked chatGPT to generate.
errGroup makes it really easy to take a bunch of tasks and run them in parallel, making your program faster. They do this whilst keeping your code readable.
Here's an example of one of my most common use-cases I asked chatGPT to generate.
January 9, 2025 at 9:17 AM
errGroups are probably my favourite Go package.
errGroup makes it really easy to take a bunch of tasks and run them in parallel, making your program faster. They do this whilst keeping your code readable.
Here's an example of one of my most common use-cases I asked chatGPT to generate.
errGroup makes it really easy to take a bunch of tasks and run them in parallel, making your program faster. They do this whilst keeping your code readable.
Here's an example of one of my most common use-cases I asked chatGPT to generate.
Reposted by Matt Boyle
I have seen many complex setups and memes about people being able to use Claude Code on the go. Ona Cloud uses Sonnet 4 under the hood, and because our platform is cloud-native, handing off from Laptop to phone is as simple as just going to app.ona.com.
September 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I have seen many complex setups and memes about people being able to use Claude Code on the go. Ona Cloud uses Sonnet 4 under the hood, and because our platform is cloud-native, handing off from Laptop to phone is as simple as just going to app.ona.com.
"We need new interfaces, new tools that embrace parallelism"
Read more about how we designed Ona for parrallism to be at the core (link below)
Read more about how we designed Ona for parrallism to be at the core (link below)
September 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"We need new interfaces, new tools that embrace parallelism"
Read more about how we designed Ona for parrallism to be at the core (link below)
Read more about how we designed Ona for parrallism to be at the core (link below)
Reposted by Matt Boyle
You have probably heard of gRPC if you haven't used it. It is particularly popular for inter-service communication due to its efficiency, language agnostic nature and support out of the box for things like MTLS.
Here's a really simple example of how you can get started with gRPC 🧵
Here's a really simple example of how you can get started with gRPC 🧵
January 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
You have probably heard of gRPC if you haven't used it. It is particularly popular for inter-service communication due to its efficiency, language agnostic nature and support out of the box for things like MTLS.
Here's a really simple example of how you can get started with gRPC 🧵
Here's a really simple example of how you can get started with gRPC 🧵
We have a Slack channel, #so-many-demos, where we share quick Loom or CleanShot demos of ideas.
These demos might not ship, but they spark early sharing and experimentation. With AI making demos nearly free, the goal is clear: create more.
These demos might not ship, but they spark early sharing and experimentation. With AI making demos nearly free, the goal is clear: create more.
September 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
We have a Slack channel, #so-many-demos, where we share quick Loom or CleanShot demos of ideas.
These demos might not ship, but they spark early sharing and experimentation. With AI making demos nearly free, the goal is clear: create more.
These demos might not ship, but they spark early sharing and experimentation. With AI making demos nearly free, the goal is clear: create more.
SuperWispr remains my favorite AI tool to date.
It makes every single one of my workflows faster.
It makes every single one of my workflows faster.
September 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
SuperWispr remains my favorite AI tool to date.
It makes every single one of my workflows faster.
It makes every single one of my workflows faster.
I have seen many complex setups and memes about people being able to use Claude Code on the go. Ona Cloud uses Sonnet 4 under the hood, and because our platform is cloud-native, handing off from Laptop to phone is as simple as just going to app.ona.com.
September 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I have seen many complex setups and memes about people being able to use Claude Code on the go. Ona Cloud uses Sonnet 4 under the hood, and because our platform is cloud-native, handing off from Laptop to phone is as simple as just going to app.ona.com.
Really cool to see Ona mentioned alongside great companies such as OpenAI, Cursor and AMP
When working on Ona, we were very tempted to introduce our own standard for Agent Rules, but the old XKCD on standards came to mind.
AGENTS.md just makes sense!
When working on Ona, we were very tempted to introduce our own standard for Agent Rules, but the old XKCD on standards came to mind.
AGENTS.md just makes sense!
September 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Really cool to see Ona mentioned alongside great companies such as OpenAI, Cursor and AMP
When working on Ona, we were very tempted to introduce our own standard for Agent Rules, but the old XKCD on standards came to mind.
AGENTS.md just makes sense!
When working on Ona, we were very tempted to introduce our own standard for Agent Rules, but the old XKCD on standards came to mind.
AGENTS.md just makes sense!
We just shipped chapter 4 of The Anatomy of Go!
For those who have already purchased the book at the discounted price; simply click the link in the next post to download the latest version free.
Chapter 4 adds 100+ new pages and digs into how Structs, Interfaces and Generics work under the hood.
For those who have already purchased the book at the discounted price; simply click the link in the next post to download the latest version free.
Chapter 4 adds 100+ new pages and digs into how Structs, Interfaces and Generics work under the hood.
April 16, 2025 at 6:52 AM
We just shipped chapter 4 of The Anatomy of Go!
For those who have already purchased the book at the discounted price; simply click the link in the next post to download the latest version free.
Chapter 4 adds 100+ new pages and digs into how Structs, Interfaces and Generics work under the hood.
For those who have already purchased the book at the discounted price; simply click the link in the next post to download the latest version free.
Chapter 4 adds 100+ new pages and digs into how Structs, Interfaces and Generics work under the hood.
If you could go back in time and show Alan Turing ChatGPT, and he had to guess which year it was released. What would he say?
April 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
If you could go back in time and show Alan Turing ChatGPT, and he had to guess which year it was released. What would he say?
Wow what a reception!
Even Reddit was kind about it, that’s how you know you’re on to something!
Even Reddit was kind about it, that’s how you know you’re on to something!
Today I'm proud to launch your new favourite Go book in early access!
This book will go to a depth not seen before in Go books, and the first three chapters are available right now:
www.bytesizego.com/books/anatom...
This book will go to a depth not seen before in Go books, and the first three chapters are available right now:
www.bytesizego.com/books/anatom...
March 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Wow what a reception!
Even Reddit was kind about it, that’s how you know you’re on to something!
Even Reddit was kind about it, that’s how you know you’re on to something!
Reposted by Matt Boyle
Today I'm proud to launch your new favourite Go book in early access!
This book will go to a depth not seen before in Go books, and the first three chapters are available right now:
www.bytesizego.com/books/anatom...
This book will go to a depth not seen before in Go books, and the first three chapters are available right now:
www.bytesizego.com/books/anatom...
March 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Today I'm proud to launch your new favourite Go book in early access!
This book will go to a depth not seen before in Go books, and the first three chapters are available right now:
www.bytesizego.com/books/anatom...
This book will go to a depth not seen before in Go books, and the first three chapters are available right now:
www.bytesizego.com/books/anatom...
Today I'm proud to launch your new favourite Go book in early access!
This book will go to a depth not seen before in Go books, and the first three chapters are available right now:
www.bytesizego.com/books/anatom...
This book will go to a depth not seen before in Go books, and the first three chapters are available right now:
www.bytesizego.com/books/anatom...
March 25, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Today I'm proud to launch your new favourite Go book in early access!
This book will go to a depth not seen before in Go books, and the first three chapters are available right now:
www.bytesizego.com/books/anatom...
This book will go to a depth not seen before in Go books, and the first three chapters are available right now:
www.bytesizego.com/books/anatom...
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If video is more your thing, you can watch me discuss it and generate one for the biggest Go project I could think of; Kubernetes
Watch free here:
bytesizego.com/lessons/sbom...
Watch free here:
bytesizego.com/lessons/sbom...
Generating A SBOM for Go Apps - ByteSizeGo
bytesizego.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
If video is more your thing, you can watch me discuss it and generate one for the biggest Go project I could think of; Kubernetes
Watch free here:
bytesizego.com/lessons/sbom...
Watch free here:
bytesizego.com/lessons/sbom...
Reposted by Matt Boyle
Short to the point blog this week on:
- what is an SBOM?
- why should you care?
- How to generate one in Go
www.bytesizego.com/blog/underst...
- what is an SBOM?
- why should you care?
- How to generate one in Go
www.bytesizego.com/blog/underst...
Understanding SBOM in Go: Why It Matters and How to Generate One
A deep dive into Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), its importance in Go projects, and how to generate one using CycloneDX.
www.bytesizego.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Short to the point blog this week on:
- what is an SBOM?
- why should you care?
- How to generate one in Go
www.bytesizego.com/blog/underst...
- what is an SBOM?
- why should you care?
- How to generate one in Go
www.bytesizego.com/blog/underst...
Short to the point blog this week on:
- what is an SBOM?
- why should you care?
- How to generate one in Go
www.bytesizego.com/blog/underst...
- what is an SBOM?
- why should you care?
- How to generate one in Go
www.bytesizego.com/blog/underst...
Understanding SBOM in Go: Why It Matters and How to Generate One
A deep dive into Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), its importance in Go projects, and how to generate one using CycloneDX.
www.bytesizego.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Short to the point blog this week on:
- what is an SBOM?
- why should you care?
- How to generate one in Go
www.bytesizego.com/blog/underst...
- what is an SBOM?
- why should you care?
- How to generate one in Go
www.bytesizego.com/blog/underst...
Reposted by Matt Boyle
Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.
March 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated.
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There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth.
March 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth.