Matthew Setter on LinkedIn: Using Pointers In Go (2024)

There's something about continuing to learn a language by building something with it. In this case, I'm trying to figure out how to store content retrieved from a SQLite BLOB column. According to https://lnkd.in/gDRNkMmb, the standard way is to use a byte array. Interesting! I've yet to try it out, but will do shortly.Any suggestions on a better approach?

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Go 1.22 has greatly simplified how to restrict HTTP request methods when building web apps with net/http. It's a change I'm surprised wasn't implemented sooner.Here's how, in less time than it'll take to drink a coffee: https://lnkd.in/ggPZEbMY

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If you want to improve the quality of your code, consider Object Calisthenics. Here's a gentle introduction: https://lnkd.in/g8bbJrbD

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I've finally implemented dark mode in my main website and couldn't be happier with the result! 🔥 This is yet another one of those times when I wonder why I didn't do it sooner. What's more, I learned so much in the process, that I feel that that site is so much better for it.Time-permitting, I'd love your input about whether I've implemented dark mode correctly or not: https://matthewsetter.com.

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Ryan has given so much to the PHP community, and Symfony specifically, over the years. So, I'm sharing this in the hope of it reaching as far and wide as possible. Please consider supporting him and his family.

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While I’ve been writing more Go code over the last several months, I’ve not spent a lot of time with the command line tooling.Yes, I run "go run" a lot to run an app locally, and "go get insert/some/package" to install one or more dependencies. I don’t use the go linter or formatter directly, as they’re integrated into Vim and Visual Studio Code.But, that’s about it for me and go’s command line tooling. I’m guessing I’m not alone in this, and that there are likely a lot of Go developers who use only a minimum of command line tooling as well. However, I feel that this is a significant drawback in my productivity using the language, and something that I have to change. So, just like getting better at DevOps has greatly simplified my life building and deploying applications, I’d like to think that familiarising myself more with Go’s command-line tooling will improve my ability as a Go developer as well.So, I’m starting an ad-hoc series talking about Go’s command-line tooling, just in case you’re in a similar position and you’d like to know more about them as well.Each post won’t be an in-depth guide to a given command.However, it will cover enough about the command to get you started, and have links to further information so that you can expand your knowledge as and when you have a moment.Here's the first post, covering go mod tidy: https://lnkd.in/gqsAvws6

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