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Provides resources to stay updated with Golang news, communities and people to follow. Use when seeking Go learning resources, discovering new libraries, finding community channels, or keeping up with Go language changes and releases.

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Stay Updated with Go

A curated guide to keeping your finger on the pulse of the Go ecosystem.

Official Go Resources

Resource URL go.dev Official Go website with tutorials and tools pkg.go.dev Discover Go packages and documentation tour.golang.org Interactive Go tutorial play.golang.org Go playground for testing code go.dev/blog Official Go blog

Newsletters

Newsletter Description Subscribe Golang Weekly Weekly curated Go content, news, and articles https://golangweekly.com/ Awesome Go Newsletter Updates on new Go libraries and tools https://go.libhunt.com/

Reddit & Communities

Community Description URL r/golang Main Go subreddit with 300K+ members https://www.reddit.com/r/golang golang wiki Official wiki with resources and FAQs https://go.dev/wiki/ gophers.slack.com Official Go Slack community https://invite.slack.golangbridge.org Go Forum Official Go discussion forum https://forum.golangbridge.org Discuss Go Official Go team discussion https://groups.google.com/g/golang-nuts

Famous Go Developers

Follow these influential Go developers and contributors:

Core Go Team

Name GitHub Twitter/X LinkedIn Bluesky Rob Pike robpike Ken Thompson ken Russ Cox rsc @_rsc https://www.linkedin.com/in/swtch https://bsky.app/profile/swtch.com Brad Fitzpatrick bradfitz @bradfitz https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradfitz/ https://bsky.app/profile/bradfitz.com Andrew Gerrand adg Robert Griesemer griesemer Dmitry Vyukov dvyukov @dvyukov

Go Tooling & Infrastructure

Name GitHub Twitter/X LinkedIn Bluesky Sam Boyer sdboyer @sdboyer Daniel Theophanes kardianos @kardianos Matt Butcher technosophos Jaana Dogan rakyll @rakyll https://www.linkedin.com/in/rakyll/

Popular Go Authors & Educators

Name GitHub Twitter/X LinkedIn Bluesky Mat Ryer matryer @matryer https://linkedin.com/in/matryer Dave Cheney davecheney @davecheney https://linkedin.com/in/davecheney Katherine Cox-Buday kat-co https://linkedin.com/in/katherinecoxbuday Johnny Boursiquot jboursiquot @jboursiquot https://linkedin.com/in/jboursiquot MichaΕ‚ Łowicki mlowicki @mlowicki https://linkedin.com/in/michaΕ‚-Ε‚owicki-a60402b

Library & Framework Authors

Name GitHub Twitter/X LinkedIn Bluesky Steve Francia spf13 @spf13 https://linkedin.com/in/spf13 Samuel Berthe samber @samuelberthe https://linkedin.com/in/samuelberthe https://bsky.app/profile/samber.bsky.social Mitchell Hashimoto mitchellh @mitchellh https://linkedin.com/in/mitchellh https://bsky.app/profile/mitchellh.com Matt Holt mholt @mholt6 TomΓ‘s Senart tsenart @tsenart https://www.linkedin.com/in/tsenart/ BjΓΆrn Rabenstein beorn7

Conference Speakers & Community Leaders

Name GitHub Twitter/X LinkedIn Bluesky Carlisia Campos carlisia @carlisia https://linkedin.com/in/carlisia Erik St. Martin erikstmartin @erikstmartin Brian Ketelsen bketelsen @brian.dev

Must-Follow Blogs

Blog Author URL The Go Blog Go Team https://go.dev/blog Rob Pike's Blog Rob Pike https://commandcenter.blogspot.com Dave Cheney Dave Cheney https://dave.cheney.net Ardan Labs Blog Bill Kennedy https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog

YouTube Channels

Channel Content URL Go Official Go team https://www.youtube.com/@golang Gopher Academy Talks & tutorials https://www.youtube.com/@GopherAcademy GopherCon Europe European conference talks https://www.youtube.com/@GopherConEurope GopherCon UK UK conference talks https://www.youtube.com/@GopherConUK Golang Singapore Singapore meetup & conf talks https://www.youtube.com/@golangSG Ardan Labs Go training & tips https://www.youtube.com/@ArdanLabs Applied Go Go tutorials https://youtube.com/appliedgocode Learn Go Programming Beginner tutorials https://youtube.com/learn_goprogramming

Quick Tips for Staying Updated

  • Subscribe to 1-2 newsletters - Don't overload yourself

  • Follow 10-20 key people on X/Bluesky who post regularly

  • Check Go.dev/blog weekly for official announcements

  • Join Go Slack for real-time discussions

  • Bookmark pkg.go.dev to discover new libraries β€” β†’ See samber/cc-skills-golang@golang-pkg-go-dev skill to query a module's latest versions, docs, and vulnerabilities from the CLI

  • Attend a GopherCon (virtual or in-person) yearly

Note: This guide is regularly updated. Suggest additions via GitHub issues.