From Code to Clarity: Making Complex Technology Accessiblehttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3mlvl5spqgm26You can't look away forever. Pretending it's not for you. Hoping you can go on as always. Just try it once. And let it blow your mind. https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2026-05-10-no-more-excuses/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang15 May 2026 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvl5spqgm26https://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3mknbuqa4vt2gHow the %#*& does this work? Don't ask. Find out. https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2026-04-26-not-magic/ #golang29 Apr 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknbuqa4vt2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3miefrlpbcr2wWhen type systems bring type checkers to their limit, naming things is still an art, and tests don't target business logic, then it's time for another Applied Go Weekly Newsletter. https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2026-03-29-turning-insights-into-pages/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang31 Mar 2026 14:39 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3miefrlpbcr2whttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3mhgdbdg4rp24The Lethal Trifecta is a systemic weakness of LLMs, but only if you let it happen. https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/lethal-trifecta-avoid-with-go/19 Mar 2026 15:34 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhgdbdg4rp24https://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3mfoym5vcry27The perfect tool to fix old code. Ten mantras for writing perfect code. And a perfect case for dumbing down LLMs with code. https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2026-02-22-perfect/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang25 Feb 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfoym5vcry27https://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3mf2tugw3s527Go 1.26 is out, and what I like most (so far) is the brand new `go fix` command. Forget all you know about the old `go fix` (if you even have been aware of its existence). https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2026-02-15-if-it-aint-broken-go-fix-it/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang17 Feb 2026 15:09 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2tugw3s527https://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3meossa7dyl2yNewsletter = Issue { [ ',' Issue ] } . Issue = Title Content . Title = '# ' Words . Content = Words . Words = { Word [ PS ] } . Word = Letter [ { Letter } ] . Letter = `[A-Za-z]` . PS = '.' | ',' | ' ' | '\n' https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2026-02-08-what-came-first-the-token-or-the-egg/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang12 Feb 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3meossa7dyl2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3mdxoswrewg2fA client judges a contractor by their output, not by how they achieve that output. Your unit tests should do that, too. https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2026-02-01-test-your-contracts/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang03 Feb 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxoswrewg2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3mdg4dhfpgu2z- The Go Developer Survey - How to mock dependencies without a mocking library - Write a compiler The latest Applied Go Weekly Newsletter is here! https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2026-01-25-the-shift-that-did-not-come-yet/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang27 Jan 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdg4dhfpgu2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3mcul3nyf3i2yNah, the gems in the latest Applied Go Weekly Newsletter issue aren't hidden; they're in plain sight. The hidden ones are in the first featured article. https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2026-01-18-hidden-gems/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang20 Jan 2026 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcul3nyf3i2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3mchwuxboxe2wMake better AI with Go. Make better Go apps with AI. (Heck, or just make silly AI and silly Go apps—just have fun!) https://appliedgo.net/spotlight/ai-and-go/ #golang15 Jan 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mchwuxboxe2whttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3mcfwqwjaao2mA programming language's version number that corresponds to the last two digits of the year the version is released is like a blue moon, just rarer. https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2026-01-11-2026-and-go-126/?utm_source=appliedgo_bluesky #golang14 Jan 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcfwqwjaao2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3mboqfgazm22qI knew you can't trust those AI bros!05 Jan 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3mboqfgazm22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3ma4herka7f23I'm not saying this Gin rant will start a flame war, but I've prepared popcorn just in case. 🍿 https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2025-12-14-spilling-the-gin/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang16 Dec 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4herka7f23https://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3m7kvfk36xo2rFor convenient coding, you need an interpreted language. For writing fast apps, you need a low-level system language. Excuse me, that's complete rubbish. https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2025-12-07-from-slow-to-go/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang09 Dec 2025 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7kvfk36xo2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3m73xu7ib2o2rIf you want to write good, performant software, become friends with the hardware. No, I'm not talking about the Stockholm Syndrome. https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2025-11-30-mechanical-sympathy/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang03 Dec 2025 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73xu7ib2o2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3m6hotqq7dz2tWhen data comes in, undistilled Get dozens of workers to build Collect the result When they come to a halt And the buffer is readily filled https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2025-11-23-map-it-reduce-it-buffer-it-profile-it/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang25 Nov 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6hotqq7dz2thttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3m5w2icchru2k- Go turns 16 - How Go and Rust differ - The Go ecosystem in 2025 Another Applied Go Weekly Newsletter issue! https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2-4-happy-birthday-go/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang18 Nov 2025 15:28 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5w2icchru2khttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3m5efzudjzy2hLearning by Reading: Go Projects to learn from https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2025-11-09-buildt-to-learn/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang11 Nov 2025 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5efzudjzy2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3m57yofyh7s2xMatcha FTW! https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2025-11-02-go-faster-with-green-tea/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang09 Nov 2025 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m57yofyh7s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3m4bbe2tgsd2tUse these tips and your Go code ships. https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2025-10-26-practice-best-practices/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang28 Oct 2025 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4bbe2tgsd2thttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3m35w2ogkmg25What if you could write shell scripts like a short story (and use Go code in that process)? I tested integrating Go into Atuin Runbooks; find the results in the latest Applied Go Weekly Newsletter. https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2025-10-12-literate-scripting-go-in-atuin-runbooks/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang14 Oct 2025 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m35w2ogkmg25https://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3m2mdnbdzwy2oDependencies: Avoid or not? https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2025-10-05-the-cost-of-avoiding-dependencies/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang07 Oct 2025 14:29 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2mdnbdzwy2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3m25fftmtbe23A plane's flight recorder is of little use for determining why the plane has been late. Go's flight recorder, on the other hand, is perfectly suited for that kind of investigation! https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2025-09-28-enjoy-the-flight/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang01 Oct 2025 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25fftmtbe23https://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3lyxkq4uxpc2b“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius — and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.” ― E.F. Schumacher https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2025-09-14-never-get-bored-with-the-basics/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang16 Sep 2025 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyxkq4uxpc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3ly6uk4lgra2wBetter late than never: The latest Applied Go Weekly Newsletter is here! https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2025-08-31-so-you-dont-like-go/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang06 Sep 2025 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly6uk4lgra2whttps://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3lx5odkclkn23"We're now in a liminal moment, where our tools have outpaced our frameworks for understanding them." – Gian Segato https://giansegato.com/essays/probabilistic-era#:~:text=We%27re%20now%20in%20a%20liminal%20moment%2C%20where%20our%20tools%20have%20outpaced%20our%20frameworks%20for%20understanding%20them.24 Aug 2025 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lx5odkclkn23https://bsky.app/profile/christophberger.com/post/3lwr5jhqupq23git commit -m... Uh, what commit message shall I write... what could I... perhaps... ummm, what did I even change... AI, do you have an idea? https://newsletter.appliedgo.net/archive/2025-08-17-commit-messages-that-write-themselves/?utm_source=appliedgo-bluesky #golang19 Aug 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:hemt565pkf2iknyjy4jdp56k/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwr5jhqupq23