Cool! Go testing expert Jakub Jarosz 🚢 has a new book coming out soon, on performance tuning and benchmarking—join his mailing list for info about early access and pre-orders: sevenbytes.net/benchmarking #golang

Some great practical tips here from Jakub Jarosz 🚢: jarosz.dev/article/writin… #golang #security

Rust doesn't need 'defer', because it has Drop.

“Never think that being polite is a sign of weakness,” Chen said. “It is really a sign of great strength. When people are rude, they expose their weaknesses. When we are polite, our enemies cannot see our weaknesses.” bitfieldconsulting.com/posts/being-a-…

”For probably 80% of the software we write, Go gets the job done just fine. Rust, on the other hand, neatly fills the gaps where Go isn’t an ideal choice: kernels, firmware, embedded devices, real-time systems.“ bitfieldconsulting.com/posts/rust-and…

A simple, step-by-step guide to reducing load on your servers at this busy time: jarosz.dev/article/how-to…

‘Graydon Hoare described Rust as “technology from the past, come to save the future from itself”. He wanted to build, not a new, exciting, and experimental programming language, but a solid, boring, reliable language, based on proven ideas that work.’ bitfieldconsulting.com/books/rust-too…

”Layoffs are a fact of life in a volatile industry. You may not see the rocks coming; companies tend to fail gradually, then suddenly. But an unexpected transition to 'funemployment' needn’t be a disaster.“ bitfieldconsulting.com/posts/career

Can't believe I forgot to mention this: you can buy all five of my Go books for the price of four today. How's that for a humble bundle? bitfieldconsulting.com/books/go-libra…

The better the software, the less documentation it needs.

Sometimes the best refactoring tool is the Delete key.

Start with your dream API and work backwards. The magic function method changed how I design code. Simple yet powerful. #rust #programming #cleancode bitfieldconsulting.com/posts/magic-fu…