You’re right, still time for us to yank that football away.

Holy cheese my untyped composite literal proposal from 2015 just got accepted. #golang github.com/golang/go/is...

The subtle and complicated ones are good, nobody has any opinions.

Next time I touch a proposal that isn’t both complicated and obscure, slap me

You did indeed! We should do your proposal as well to make the simple case of using httptest and synctest together easy. Not sure we’ve found the right API yet, though.

High on my list of projects that got out of hand. It was supposed to just be openat! (Turns out openat has some startlingly sharp edges.)

Traversal-resistant file APIs - The Go Programming Language New file access APIs in Go 1.24.

“Traversal-resistant file APIs” by Damien Neil — go.dev/blog/osroot

#golang

I have a copy of IWFNE originally owned by my late elder brother. It contains a note from him on the title page: “This book rots.”

Couldn’t say it better myself.

Walter Matthau looking like the saddest basset hound in the world so you just want to give him a doggy snack and scritch his ears

movie you’ve watched more than six times, gifs only

Testing concurrent code with testing/synctest - The Go Programming Language Go 1.24 contains an experimental package to aid in testing concurrent code.

I’m tremendously excited about the synctest package. There’s usually a tension between making async code idiomatic or testable. Synctest makes the idiomatic code testable.

#golang
go.dev/blog/synctest

True story: Baby shoes. Never worn. Huge feet.

One element I particularly love is that mechanical failures don’t feel like narrative failures. Most games, you flub a critical die roll and you’re going to get a less satisfying story. Disco often gives you a more satisfying (if less successful) one.

Patternmaster, Octavia Butler

14/20

Paladin of Souls, Lois McMaster Bujold

13/20

Already bought and read it! It’s great. I love how unapologetically tragic Sarah is, without being miserable at all. She’s not very good at being an adult (with some justification) and that’s okay.

Digger, Ursula Vernon

12/20

Winter Tide, Ruthanns Emrys

11/20

Lent, Jo Walton

10/20

The Fifth Season, N.K. Jemisin

9/20

A calico muppet cat possessively snuggles a jeans-clad leg in front of a lit Christmas tree.

A velvet house panther looks up while atop a crocheted blanket that is atop a human.

Christmas cats for @misago.org

The Hands of the Emperor, Victoria Goddard

8/20

The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. LeGuin

7/20

The Mask of Mirrors, M.A. Carrick.

6/20

The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell

5/20

Too Like the Lightning, Ada Palmer

4/20

The Steerswoman, Rosemary Kirstein

3/20

The Blue Sword, Robin McKinley.

2/20

20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

A floofy muppet cat occupies a blanket with supreme satisfaction. This blanket is hers, not yours, and all is right with the world.

And now, a cat.

Go Protobuf: The new Opaque API - The Go Programming Language We are adding a new generated code API to Go Protobuf.

The Go protocol buffer Opaque API is released! go.dev/blog/protobu...

This is a new, optional version of the generated code API which hides the internal implementation details. It’s been in use inside Google for years now. Congrats to the Go protobuf maintainers on the open source release! #golang