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#golang #tip A subtlety in Go that trips up newbies - Adding elements to a nil slice will work, whereas adding elements to a nil map will panic at runtime. Try it out https://t.co/egnX6iY48r

#db #poll Do you prefer singular or plural table names? Bonus points if you can comment on why you would choose either.

What will this program print? package main import "fmt" func main() { fmt.Printf("%d", 'A') } #golang #quiz

#golang #quiz What will this program print?

If there is a cyclic dependency between two packages in Go, first re-evaluate whether they really need to be separate packages. The easiest solution is often to just combine them since one cannot exist without the other. One package is simpler than two. #golang #tip

#security #tip Two fundamental security principles that any web application should adhere to * Principle of least privilege - Grant only the intended permissions to users and machines * End to end encryption - Data protection from origin to destination

How do you manage secrets in your Kubernetes application? #WebDevelopment #kubernetes #backenddevloper

Ready to climb the testing pyramid? 🧗‍♂️ At GopherCon UK 2025, Naveen Ramanathan gave a super practical talk 🧠 that breaks down the whole testing pyramid for services like S3. ☁️ 💻 His session, "Climbing the Testing Pyramid: From Real Service to Interface Mocks in Go" covers

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#golang #security #sqlinjection #tip Always use prepared statements when querying databases using user input. Never pass user input to SQL queries using string interpolation. This will lead to SQL injection attack.

These are all the startups/side projects I launched. In addition to these there are a quite a few for which I bought domains, coded them but never launched. Classic side project graveyard.

https://t.co/Krryu6U59r - My recent side project. A job board for Golang jobs. Has some traction but doesn't generate any significant income. I am going to let it grow and see where it goes!

https://t.co/kc5us202v3 - Started a blog about Go just to share what I learned. Never monetized it, but the response from the Go community has been incredible. I could consider this a success!

https://t.co/0VljGkLnT7 - A web development agency. Never got any real customers. Another app to track sport schedules for the iPhone, I don't remember the name now. Very few downloads, no business model. https://t.co/PCJrEkxXQB - A website to screenshot tweets. No traction.

Switched to iPhone, created a game "The criminal escape" one of the first silhouette endless runner iPhone games. It was featured in yourstory https://t.co/skOK1YxdYZ. Very few downloads and no sale of in app purchases, had to shut it down.

https://t.co/dQdAUoiLLu - Developed productivity apps for Nokia's Symbian Appstore. They were quite successful and crossed more than a million downloads and were profit generating. Unfortunately Nokia took us down along with them.

Long Thread Alert! My failed #startups and side projects in the past 15 years. https://t.co/chhXL6Wi65 - an ecommerce website. It was also one of the earliest sites to offer food delivery in Coimbatore. It had a lot of transaction but had to shut down due to supply chain issues.

After years of failed #startups and side projects, I realized there are only three ways for a startup to succeed - Save time for your customer - Save money for your customer - Help your customer make more money That's it

Hiring a Founding Engineer in Bengaluru I am helping an AI startup founded by ex-Zomato veterans. They are building AI agents to test apps like real users. They are looking for a Golang engineer with 2+ years of experience. Apply at https://t.co/tknIVv0fvu or DM for info

[Hiring] Platform Engineer Company: Emerald Cloud Lab Location: United States Remote Tech Stack: Go, Python, Rust, AWS Please visit https://t.co/KYcIGL2bcw to know more and apply #golang #remote #job