Generic methods finally landing is huge. Having to write a separate typed method for every integer type was one of the most annoying boilerplate patterns in Go.
tonymet 16 hours ago||
I love Go because even minor versions deliver great value like this. The struct literal inits and generic methods are great conveniences to clean up clumsy boilerplate.
Not to mention it’s just a dream language to work with , especially when building concurrent applications. I love engaging all of my cores. And memory is so expensive nowadays
radicalriddler 16 hours ago|
Minor versions are basically major versions for Go. They’ll “never” create a Go v2 because they prioritise maintaining backwards compatibility as a language feature, thus following semver rules, no majors.
tonymet 15 hours ago||
true that, but we get a couple of these a year it seems, so their overall velocity is excellent, and without breaking anything. a dream language.
kar1181 15 hours ago||
Go - the language no one likes, but frankly everyone needs.
thiht 1 hour ago||
I love Go and would not enjoy working with any other language as much
saturn_vk 1 hour ago|||
Some people do like it though
amelius 14 hours ago||
Python is already the language everyone needs.
dude250711 14 hours ago||
Quarterly reminder that Go still exists.
tgv 5 hours ago||
The release cycle is semi-annually.
IshKebab 14 hours ago||
I can imagine using it for simple web stuff. E.g. its perfect for something like Forgejo. But yeah... Seems like the world has moved on mostly.
aliasxneo 13 hours ago||
A large portion of the DevOps/Platform Engineering world uses Go.
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simlevesque 17 hours ago||
Being on the HN's homepage isn't as simple as "most upvoted articles in last X hours". They take into account upvote velocity: 40 upvotes in 40 minutes isn't the same as 40 upvotes in 4 yours.
fatty_patty89 16 hours ago||
no, it wasnt 40 upvotes in 40 minutes, it was at 8 upvotes after 34 minutes posted
applfanboysbgon 16 hours ago||
Would you rather have yet another LLM-generated slop article in its place instead of an article covering a major release for a widely-used language? Out of all the articles that reach the HN front page, this is the one you have a problem with?