The latest Go developer survey results are in

Plus lots of database stuff, a new Go book is in print, and a Minesweeper implementation. |

#​503 — April 16, 2024

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🛠 Code & Tools

Editor's note: A very database-y vibe in this section today! 😅

go-mysql-server: A Storage Agnostic MySQL-Compatible Relational Database — A pure Go SQL engine and server that speaks the MySQL protocol and SQL dialect. You get an in-memory storage system included, but can then implement your own backends for storage or querying different data sources.

DoltHub

trdsql: Tool to Execute SQL Queries Upon Text-Based Data — A CLI tool that can execute SQL queries (in Postgres or MySQL syntax) on CSV, LTSV, JSON, YAML and TBLN files. It can also be used as a library within Go apps.

Noboru Saito

Redka: Redis Re-Implemented with SQLite — It’s not often you see a Go project get so many GitHub stars in just a few days, but after the latest Redis licensing debacle, there’s an appetite for alternative approaches.

Anton Zhiyanov

📰 Classifieds

GoLand 2024.1 is out! With a free locally run AI full line completion, performance and UX improvements. Check it out!


🐘 While we're on a database-themed roll, if you're a Postgres user, check out Postgres Weekly, our sister newsletter. Here's the latest issue.

Huma 2.13.0: Build APIs Backed by OpenAPI and JSON Schema — Huma is a micro-framework for creating HTTP REST or RPC APIs leveraging common standards like OpenAPI. The latest version no longer has any hard dependencies outside of the Go standard library.

Daniel Taylor

⚙️ Gorabbit – A high-level wrapper for the official Go RabbitMQ plugin. Kardinal

⚙️ mircroq – A minimal Websocket-based event broker. Chaitanya Munukutla

⚙️ go-generics-cache – In-memory key/value store/cache using generics. Kei Kamikawa

  • go-xmpp 0.2 – Go library for the XMPP messaging standard.

  • Decimal 1.4 – Arbitrary-precision fixed-point decimal numbers.

  • Wish 1.4 – Charm's tooling to make Go-powered SSH apps.

  • Echo 4.12 – High performance, minimalist Go web framework

  • Otto 0.4 – Go-powered JavaScript interpreter.

  • VHS 0.7.2 – CLI 'home video recorder'. "Write terminal GIFs as code for integration testing and demoing your CLI tools."

  • Ebiten 2.7.1 – The 2D game engine.

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