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

• 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• The Gorilla toolkit has been archived and deprecated.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

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Creators & Guests

Host

Jonathan Hall

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

Host

Shay Nehmad

Engineering Enablement Architect @ Orca

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