Hackaday Links: March 10, 2024
We all know that we’re living in a surveillance state that would make Orwell himself shake his head, but it looks like at least one company in this space has …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: March 10, 2024
Category Archives: Go
White House Recommends Memory-Safe Programming Languages and Security-by-Design
A new report promotes preventing cyberattacks by using memory-safe languages and the development of software safety standards. Continue reading White House Recommends Memory-Safe Programming Languages and Security-by-Design
TIOBE Index News (February 2024): Programming Language Go Reaches a New High at Number Eight
Carbon, an experimental programming language, entered TIOBE’s top 100 ranking in February. Continue reading TIOBE Index News (February 2024): Programming Language Go Reaches a New High at Number Eight
Machine Vision Automates Trainspotting with Unique Full-Length Portraits
As hobbies go, trainspotting is just as valid a choice as any — we don’t judge. But it does present certain logistical challenges, such as having to be in visual …read more Continue reading Machine Vision Automates Trainspotting with Unique Full-Length Portraits
A Human Amateur Beat a Top Go-Playing AI Using a Simple Trick
Researchers developed a simple way to exploit a computer’s understanding of the game so that even an amateur can win. Continue reading A Human Amateur Beat a Top Go-Playing AI Using a Simple Trick
Building Faster rsync From Scratch In Go
For a quick file transfer between two computers, SCP is a fine program to use. For more complex, large, or regular backups, however, the go-to tool is rsync. It’s faster, …read more Continue reading Building Faster rsync From Scratch In Go
TIOBE Index for April 2024: Top 10 Most Popular Programming Languages
The programming language PHP falls further down the rankings. Continue reading TIOBE Index for April 2024: Top 10 Most Popular Programming Languages
Making macOS Universal Apps in Swift with Universal Golang Static Libraries
There are a plethora of amazingly useful Golang libraries, and it has been possible for quite some time to use Go libraries with Swift. The advent of the release of the new Apple Silicon/M1/arm64 architecture for macOS created the need for a new round … Continue reading Making macOS Universal Apps in Swift with Universal Golang Static Libraries
Smart (and simple) ways to prevent symlink attacks in Go
After writing Go for years, many of us have learned the error-checking pattern down to our bones: “Does this function return an error? Ope, better make sure it’s nil before moving on.” And that’s great! This should be our default behavior when writing … Continue reading Smart (and simple) ways to prevent symlink attacks in Go
Master Go player retires citing AI supremacy
Master Go player Lee Se-dol has handed in his stones after deciding that there’s just no way to beat a machine when playing the ancient Chinese board game. Continue reading Master Go player retires citing AI supremacy