golang-stay-updated
This skill provides a curated collection of official Go resources, newsletters, community channels, and influential Go developers to follow. Users should consult it when seeking to stay informed about Go language updates, discover new libraries and tools, find active community forums, or identify key contributors shaping the Go ecosystem's direction.
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<!-- markdownlint-disable table-column-style --> # Stay Updated with Go A curated guide to keeping your finger on the pulse of the Go ecosystem. ## Official Go Resources | Resource | URL | | ------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | | **go.dev** | Official Go website with tutorials and tools | | **pkg.go.dev** | Discover Go packages and documentation | | **tour.golang.org** | Interactive Go tutorial | | **play.golang.org** | Go playground for testing code | | **go.dev/blog** | Official Go blog | ## Newsletters | Newsletter | Description | Subscribe | | --- | --- | --- | | **Golang Weekly** | Weekly curated Go content, news, and articles | <https://golangweekly.com/> | | **Awesome Go Newsletter** | Updates on new Go libraries and tools | <https://go.libhunt.com/> | ## Reddit & Communities | Community | Description | URL | | --- | --- | --- | | r/golang | Main Go subreddit with 300K+ members | <https://www.reddit.com/r/golang> | | golang wiki | Official wiki with resources and FAQs | <https://go.dev/wiki/> | | gophers.slack.com | Official Go Slack community | <https://invite.slack.golangbridge.org> | | Go Forum | Official Go discussion forum | <https://forum.golangbridge.org> | | Discuss Go | Official Go team discussion | <https://groups.google.com/g/golang-nuts> | ## Famous Go Developers Follow these influential Go developers and contributors: ### Core Go Team | Name | GitHub | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Bluesky | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Rob Pike** | robpike | | | | | **Ken Thompson** | ken | | | | | **Russ Cox** | rsc | @\_rsc | <https://www.linkedin.com/in/swtch> | <https://bsky.app/profile/swtch.com> | | **Brad Fitzpatrick** | bradfitz | @bradfitz | <https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradfitz/> | <https://bsky.app/profile/bradfitz.com> | | **Andrew Gerrand** | adg | | | | | **Robert Griesemer** | griesemer | | | | | **Dmitry Vyukov** | dvyukov | @dvyukov | | | ### Go Tooling & Infrastructure | Name | GitHub | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Bluesky | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Sam Boyer** | sdboyer | @sdboyer | | | | **Daniel Theophanes** | kardianos | @kardianos | | | | **Matt Butcher** | technosophos | | | | | **Jaana Dogan** | rakyll | @rakyll | <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakyll/> | | ### Popular Go Authors & Educators | Name | GitHub | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Bluesky | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Mat Ryer** | matryer | @matryer | <https://linkedin.com/in/matryer> | | | **Dave Cheney** | davecheney | @davecheney | <https://linkedin.com/in/davecheney> | | | **Katherine Cox-Buday** | kat-co | | <https://linkedin.com/in/katherinecoxbuday> | | | **Johnny Boursiquot** | jboursiquot | @jboursiquot | <https://linkedin.com/in/jboursiquot> | | | **Michał Łowicki** | mlowicki | @mlowicki | <https://linkedin.com/in/michał-łowicki-a60402b> | | ### Library & Framework Authors | Name | GitHub | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Bluesky | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Steve Francia** | spf13 | @spf13 | <https://linkedin.com/in/spf13> | | | **Samuel Berthe** | samber | @samuelberthe | <https://linkedin.com/in/samuelberthe> | <https://bsky.app/profile/samber.bsky.social> | | **Mitchell Hashimoto** | mitchellh | @mitchellh | <https://linkedin.com/in/mitchellh> | <https://bsky.app/profile/mitchellh.com> | | **Matt Holt** | mholt | @mholt6 | | | | **Tomás Senart** | tsenart | @tsenart | <https://www.linkedin.com/in/tsenart/> | | | **Björn Rabenstein** | beorn7 | | | | ### Conference Speakers & Community Leaders | Name | GitHub | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Bluesky | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | **Carlisia Campos** | carlisia | @carlisia | <https://linkedin.com/in/carlisia> | | | **Erik St. Martin** | erikstmartin | @erikstmartin | | | | **Brian Ketelsen** | bketelsen | | | @brian.dev | ## Must-Follow Blogs | Blog | Author | URL | | --------------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------ | | The Go Blog | Go Team | <https://go.dev/blog> | | Rob Pike's Blog | Rob Pike | <https://commandcenter.blogspot.com> | | Dave Cheney | Dave Cheney | <https://dave.cheney.net> | | Ardan Labs Blog | Bill Kennedy | <https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog> | ## YouTube Channels | Channel | Content | URL | | --- | --- | --- | | Go | Official Go team | <https://www.youtube.com/@golang> | | Gopher Academy | Talks & tutorials | <https://www.youtube.com/@GopherAcademy> | | GopherCon Europe | European conference talks | <https://www.youtube.com/@GopherConEurope> | | GopherCon UK | UK conference talks | <https://www.youtube.com/@GopherConUK> | | Golang Singapore | Singapore meetup & conf talks | <https://www.youtube.com/@golangSG> | | Ardan Labs | Go training & tips | <https://www.youtube.com/@ArdanLabs> | | Applied Go | Go tutorials | <https://youtube.com/appliedgocode> | | Learn Go Programming | Beginner tutorials | <https://youtube.com/learn_goprogramming> | ## Quick Tips for Staying Updated 1. **Subscribe to 1-2 newsletters** - Don't overload yourself 2. **Follow 10-20 key people** on X/Bluesky who post regularly 3. **Check Go.dev/blog weekly** for official announcements 4. **Join Go Slack** for real-time discussions 5. **Bookmark pkg.go.dev** to discover new libraries 6. **Attend a GopherCon** (virtual or in-person) yearly --- _Note: This guide is regularly updated. Suggest additions via GitHub issues._
Golang benchmarking, profiling, and performance measurement. Use when writing, running, or comparing Go benchmarks, profiling hot paths with pprof, interpreting CPU/memory/trace profiles, analyzing results with benchstat, setting up CI benchmark regression detection, or investigating production performance with Prometheus runtime metrics. Also use when the developer needs deep analysis on a specific performance indicator - this skill provides the measurement methodology, while `samber/cc-skills-golang@golang-performance` provides the optimization patterns.
Golang CLI application development. Use when building, modifying, or reviewing a Go CLI tool — especially for command structure, flag handling, configuration layering, version embedding, exit codes, I/O patterns, signal handling, shell completion, argument validation, and CLI unit testing. Also triggers when code uses cobra, viper, or urfave/cli. For cobra-specific APIs → See `samber/cc-skills-golang@golang-spf13-cobra` skill; for viper configuration layering → See `samber/cc-skills-golang@golang-spf13-viper` skill.
Golang code style conventions — line length and breaking, variable declarations, control flow clarity, when comments help vs hurt. Use when writing or reviewing Go code, asking about style or clarity, or establishing project coding standards. Not for naming conventions (→ See `samber/cc-skills-golang@golang-naming` skill), linter configuration (→ See `samber/cc-skills-golang@golang-lint` skill), or doc comments (→ See `samber/cc-skills-golang@golang-documentation` skill).
Golang concurrency patterns. Use when writing or reviewing concurrent Go code involving goroutines, channels, select, locks, sync primitives, errgroup, singleflight, worker pools, or fan-out/fan-in pipelines. Also triggers when you detect goroutine leaks, race conditions, channel ownership issues, or need to choose between channels and mutexes.
Idiomatic context.Context usage in Golang — propagation through API boundaries, cancellation, timeouts and deadlines, request-scoped values, context.WithoutCancel for background work outliving requests. Apply when designing context propagation across layers, debugging leaked or unexpired contexts, choosing between context.Background/TODO/WithoutCancel, or storing values in context. Not for code that merely accepts ctx as first parameter.
CI/CD pipeline configuration using GitHub Actions for Golang projects — testing, linting, SAST, security scanning, code coverage, Dependabot, Renovate, GoReleaser, code review automation, and release pipelines. Use when setting up or improving Go project CI, configuring GitHub Actions workflows, adding linters or security scanners, automating dependency updates, or adding quality gates.
Golang data structures — slices (internals, capacity growth, preallocation, slices package), maps (internals, hash buckets, maps package), arrays, container/list/heap/ring, strings.Builder vs bytes.Buffer, generic collections, pointers (unsafe.Pointer, weak.Pointer), and copy semantics. Use when choosing or optimizing Go data structures, implementing generic containers, using container/ packages, unsafe or weak pointers, or questioning slice/map internals.
Comprehensive guide for Go database access — parameterized queries, struct scanning, NULLable columns, transactions, isolation levels, SELECT FOR UPDATE, connection pool, batch processing, context propagation, and migration tooling. Use when writing, reviewing, or debugging Golang code that interacts with PostgreSQL, MariaDB, MySQL, or SQLite; for database testing; or for questions about database/sql, sqlx, or pgx. Does NOT generate database schemas or migration SQL.