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'Go is not an easy language.' — The syntax is simple, the semantics are simple, but doing useful stuff is ‘not always easy in Go.’ The point made by the author here is rather simple IMHO, but it provoked some interesting discussion (423 comments!) on Hacker News. Maybe Go is like the guitar.. easy to learn but hard to master?

Using Bitmasks for Nicer APIs — Using bitmasks can lead to more concise, readable code when done right. After this read, you’ll be saying, “Color me zli.Cyan!” A well put together and explained argument and example here.

Statically Compiling Go Programs — If you thought all/most Go binaries were static, you might be surprised to find out that some core packages use cgo code and result in dynamically linked libraries.

Running Go CLI Programs in the Browser — And if you want to make your own WASM-based Go playground, here you go!

Go’s 'Features of Last Resort' — A ‘feature of last resort’ is a language feature that solves an otherwise hard-to-solve problem but is best avoided if possible (think goto in other languages). This post covers six such situations.