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Re:Go 1.20 Cryptography by jupp0r on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @02:26PM (#34250161)
Any particular dark corners you know of?
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Re:Go 1.20 Cryptography by codesniperjoe on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @02:42PM (#34250354)
One example, the started (and then stuck) net/ip to net/netip migration?

The tailscale netip package is great (as external pkg), but without commit to a full migration plan, just sprinkle here and there some (half/done/slow/wired/bridge) interfaces leads anyone, who tried to migrate, stuck as well. Some all ready started to migrate back ...

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Re:Go 1.20 Cryptography by Jalad on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @02:30PM (#34250209)
Here are two great articles that explore some Go footguns:

  * Lies we tell ourselves to keep using Golang [0]
  * I Want Off Mr. Golang's Wild Ride [1]
By the great fasterthanli.me

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31205072

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22443363

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Re:Go 1.20 Cryptography by Thaxll on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @03:04PM (#34250646)
"Great" is far fetch especially "you shouldn't use Go for production services", which does not make any sense, also the same author works for a compagny that uses Go in places, which is kind of funny.
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