~golangweekly | Issue 553 - Does Go need bare metal support? (10)

GoVisual: A Pure-Go HTTP Request Visualizer and Debugger — A zero-config HTTP request visualizer and debugger targeted at local Go web app development use cases. Includes middleware tracing and OpenTelemetry integration.

Practical Patterns for Graceful Shutdowns — Shutting down gracefully can mean the difference between a good user experience with consistent data and angry users (or even just yourself!) with corrupted data. Follow and adapt this five-step approach, and shutting down won’t open you up to issues.

Proposal: Add Bare Metal Support to Go? — Andrea proposes a new 'none' target for the Go compiler to enable freestanding execution without direct OS support. This isn’t exactly new ground – it’s been proposed before – but Go contributor Filippo Valsorda thinks it’s worth serious consideration again due to the opportunities it would open up in micro VMs, firmware, and elsewhere. It's also been...

wget to Wipeout: Malicious Go Modules Fetch Destructive Payload — A cautionary tale of a recent, stealthy supply-chain attack, by way of some malicious Go modules, which saw a single line of code wipe an entire disk clean. As ever, take care over your dependencies.

Organize Your Go Middleware Without Dependencies — Go 1.22 introduced some enhancements to HTTP routing, so now it could make a lot of sense to remove dependencies around routing and handle things like middleware yourself. It doesn't take much code, either.

Building a More Accessible GitHub CLI — GitHub’s CLI tool is powered by Go and the GitHub team shares the challenges faced for making it more accessible (with before-and-after videos) to screen readers and those with special visual requirements in particular. Popular Go library creators Charm make an appearance to lend a hand too.

k6 1.0: A Go-Powered Load Testing Tool — A full-featured, configurable load generation tool that uses the Sobek Go-powered JavaScript engine to support writing test scripts in JavaScript. v1.0 promises stability, first-class TypeScript support, and easier extensibility.

Don't Make These Feature Flag Mistakes — 7 mistakes to avoid, one of which cost a company $440M.

Odin: A Pragmatic C Alternative with a Go Flavor — There’s another new(ish) “data-oriented” language out there with some Go-like features that you may want to try. More details and docs here.

nativewebp: Native WebP Image Support for Go — WebP is a modern raster graphics format commonly used on the Web and this library lets you work with it (though only its VP8L lossless form, for now) from Go without dependencies.