Pruning: Prove It Can’t Matter, Then Skip It
My Go tool built 7.1 million nodes to use 104 thousand. Pruning the subtrees that provably couldn’t matter made it 2–11× faster — and the output got more com...
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2026
Go Struct Padding, and the 2% I Fought For
Field ordering is free memory — until you measure how little of your heap it actually owns
2025
🔍 Extracting Generic Function Signatures from Go AST: A Journey Through go/types
A deep dive into extracting generic function signatures from Go AST, exploring the limitations of go/types.Info.TypeOf and finding a robust solution using In...
🪤 The Hidden Cost of Outdated API Specs (for Go Developers)
Why docs drift happens, how to avoid it, and where spec-first vs code-first really break
🚀 Building a Petri Net-Based Workflow Engine in Go: From Theory to Production
A deep dive into building a flexible, extensible workflow engine inspired by Symfony’s Workflow Component
🔥 Why Audit Logging Doesn’t Belong in Your Main Database
How to implement scalable audit trails without compromising database performance
Go 1.20’s errors.Join and the Great Unwrap Mystery: A Developer’s Journey
Understanding Go’s error handling evolution and the hidden power of joined errors