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Related #golang PSA:
Gophers often mistakenly put a -u in 'go get -u foo', when they would have been better off with just 'go get foo'.
'go get foo' says to upgrade foo itself. It's shorthand for 'go get foo@upgrade'
'go get -u foo' says to *also* upgrade all the direct and indirect deps of foo.
Gophers often mistakenly put a -u in 'go get -u foo', when they would have been better off with just 'go get foo'.
'go get foo' says to upgrade foo itself. It's shorthand for 'go get foo@upgrade'
'go get -u foo' says to *also* upgrade all the direct and indirect deps of foo.
PSA: go.sum is not a lockfile.
You never need to look at go.sum.
go.mod has everything you need.
You never need to look at go.sum.
go.mod has everything you need.
go.sum Is Not a Lockfile
In Go, go.mod acts as both manifest and lockfile. There is never a reason to look at go.sum.
words.filippo.io
January 14, 2026 at 4:54 PM
Related #golang PSA:
Gophers often mistakenly put a -u in 'go get -u foo', when they would have been better off with just 'go get foo'.
'go get foo' says to upgrade foo itself. It's shorthand for 'go get foo@upgrade'
'go get -u foo' says to *also* upgrade all the direct and indirect deps of foo.
Gophers often mistakenly put a -u in 'go get -u foo', when they would have been better off with just 'go get foo'.
'go get foo' says to upgrade foo itself. It's shorthand for 'go get foo@upgrade'
'go get -u foo' says to *also* upgrade all the direct and indirect deps of foo.
Love it when joining video calls and the whole audio path is broken. I remember joining CS 1.6 servers with friends 20 years ago when we had decent audio in Ventrilo, then flawless audio with Mumble+Speex a few years later. But hey, at least we can gesture to each other that audio is broken now.
December 15, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Love it when joining video calls and the whole audio path is broken. I remember joining CS 1.6 servers with friends 20 years ago when we had decent audio in Ventrilo, then flawless audio with Mumble+Speex a few years later. But hey, at least we can gesture to each other that audio is broken now.
So many times dev teams wish they had more logging, but so very often I’ve used the *absence* of logs to diagnose an issue. Tracing through and asking “how can no logs be produced from this method” is just as effective as “how was this log line produced”. Read between the (log) lines.
October 2, 2025 at 6:08 PM
So many times dev teams wish they had more logging, but so very often I’ve used the *absence* of logs to diagnose an issue. Tracing through and asking “how can no logs be produced from this method” is just as effective as “how was this log line produced”. Read between the (log) lines.
Guy at brewery: “What’s on your shirt?”
Me: “Oh, this is the Go gopher, from the Go programming language. I just got back from…”
Guy: “oh, I thought it was a roast beef sandwich on a surfboard”
The shirt:
Me: “Oh, this is the Go gopher, from the Go programming language. I just got back from…”
Guy: “oh, I thought it was a roast beef sandwich on a surfboard”
The shirt:
August 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Guy at brewery: “What’s on your shirt?”
Me: “Oh, this is the Go gopher, from the Go programming language. I just got back from…”
Guy: “oh, I thought it was a roast beef sandwich on a surfboard”
The shirt:
Me: “Oh, this is the Go gopher, from the Go programming language. I just got back from…”
Guy: “oh, I thought it was a roast beef sandwich on a surfboard”
The shirt:
Another #GopherCon done! It was so excellent to see many old friends, make some new ones, and learn so many new things along the way too! Looking forward to next year!
August 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Another #GopherCon done! It was so excellent to see many old friends, make some new ones, and learn so many new things along the way too! Looking forward to next year!
TinyGoOS: should the proper pronunciation be “Tiny Goose” #GopherCon
August 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
TinyGoOS: should the proper pronunciation be “Tiny Goose” #GopherCon
Time to learn how this AT Proto thing I’m using actually works! #GopherCon
August 27, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Time to learn how this AT Proto thing I’m using actually works! #GopherCon
One underrated aspect of this protobuf talk is the configurability of a safe and unsafe path in the library. I like that it makes it possible to optimize with unsafe, but allow users to choose whether they want unsafe in their codebase. #GopherCon
August 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
One underrated aspect of this protobuf talk is the configurability of a safe and unsafe path in the library. I like that it makes it possible to optimize with unsafe, but allow users to choose whether they want unsafe in their codebase. #GopherCon
I really can’t wait to check out github.com/google/capsl... #GopherCon
GitHub - google/capslock
Contribute to google/capslock development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
August 27, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I really can’t wait to check out github.com/google/capsl... #GopherCon
Loving this talk on supply chain attacks at #GopherCon . The original “Reflections on Trusting Trust” rings true even today.
August 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Loving this talk on supply chain attacks at #GopherCon . The original “Reflections on Trusting Trust” rings true even today.
@swtch.com Great to see you last night! Hope you enjoyed the show as much as we did!
July 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
@swtch.com Great to see you last night! Hope you enjoyed the show as much as we did!
Periodic reminder that the correct type for any field labeled “Port” is “uint16”, not “string”. If you need a string, coerce the stricter type (uint16) to the less strict one (string).
January 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Periodic reminder that the correct type for any field labeled “Port” is “uint16”, not “string”. If you need a string, coerce the stricter type (uint16) to the less strict one (string).
Today I framed our poster from the very special Futures 20th Anniversary show we went to in Phoenix back in October—it seemed appropriate on 12.23 😅 It’ll be hanging in my music nook with my piano and guitar.
December 24, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Today I framed our poster from the very special Futures 20th Anniversary show we went to in Phoenix back in October—it seemed appropriate on 12.23 😅 It’ll be hanging in my music nook with my piano and guitar.
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Obligatory first Bluesky post :) It’s nice to actually see activity here instead of the ghost-town cesspool of Twitter.
November 24, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Obligatory first Bluesky post :) It’s nice to actually see activity here instead of the ghost-town cesspool of Twitter.