# Getting Help **URL:** https://forum.golangbridge.org/c/getting-help/5.md [Latest](https://forum.golangbridge.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.golangbridge.org/categories.md) --- ## [An Unofficial Discourse User Reference Guide](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/an-unofficial-discourse-user-reference-guide/9738)
**Author:** [@flexd](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/flexd)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 3, 2018, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/an-unofficial-discourse-user-reference-guide/9738 "2018-07-03T07:31:23Z")
“This is a “quick” how-to guide for using Discourse forum/community software. It contains a majority of the common features available to users/content editors, but may not have complete coverage of the feature set. If an… --- ## [Resources For Getting Started With Go](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/resources-for-getting-started-with-go/6277)
**Author:** [@flexd](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/flexd)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 9, 2026, 9:29am UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/resources-for-getting-started-with-go/6277 "2026-04-09T09:29:32Z")
Welcome! We are so glad you are interested in the Go Programming Language! Here are some resources to get you started: https://golang.org/doc/code.html https://tour.golang.org/ Resources for new Go programmers … --- ## [About the Getting Help category](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/about-the-getting-help-category/25)
**Author:** [@matt](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/matt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/about-the-getting-help-category/25 "2023-06-19T03:49:25Z")
Get help with your Go code and give similar help to others. (post+getting-help@golangbridge.org) When asking a question: Clearly explain what you're trying to do State the problem and report exact error messages or p… --- ## [Is my code correct ? , I am trying to tackle the race condition problem safely using mutex and waitGroups](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/is-my-code-correct-i-am-trying-to-tackle-the-race-condition-problem-safely-using-mutex-and-waitgroups/42022)
**Author:** [@swap72](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/swap72)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/is-my-code-correct-i-am-trying-to-tackle-the-race-condition-problem-safely-using-mutex-and-waitgroups/42022 "2026-11-15T15:53:57Z")
Please suggest correct / best approaches, solutions to this code : func main() { var counter int var mu sync.Mutex var wg sync.WaitGroup wg.Add(1) go func() { for i := 1; i \<= 3000; i++ { mu.Lock() counter… --- ## [How do you version a review API when the set of answers might grow?](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/how-do-you-version-a-review-api-when-the-set-of-answers-might-grow/42782)
**Author:** [@wolfoftyreso-debug](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/wolfoftyreso-debug)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2026, 7:18pm UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/how-do-you-version-a-review-api-when-the-set-of-answers-might-grow/42782 "2026-11-13T19:18:30Z")
We ship a document-review API from a Go service at Landvex. Today the report is six named dimensions, each verified / deviation / unclear. There is no overall score, and I want to keep it that way. What I’m not sure abo… --- ## [My Go Application Occasionally Returns Incomplete API Responses Under Concurrent Requests](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/my-go-application-occasionally-returns-incomplete-api-responses-under-concurrent-requests/42778)
**Author:** [@joeroot](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/joeroot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 12:17pm UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/my-go-application-occasionally-returns-incomplete-api-responses-under-concurrent-requests/42778 "2026-11-12T12:17:28Z")
Hi All, I am experiencing an intermittent issue with a website powered by a Go backend, where certain API responses occasionally contain incomplete data when multiple users access the application at the same time. The w… --- ## [\[Need Advice/Suggestion\] I've written a Go book. Should I open source it and give everyone a headache?](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/need-advice-suggestion-ive-written-a-go-book-should-i-open-source-it-and-give-everyone-a-headache/42558)
**Author:** [@najib](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/najib)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 12, 2026, 5:29am UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/need-advice-suggestion-ive-written-a-go-book-should-i-open-source-it-and-give-everyone-a-headache/42558 "2026-11-12T05:29:31Z")
I’ve been working on a fairly large Go book for some time. Originally, it was just a personal project for myself, but over time it grew into something much bigger. The book is already written, and I’m currently improv… --- ## [A phone photo of a printed PDF — which checks still make sense?](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/a-phone-photo-of-a-printed-pdf-which-checks-still-make-sense/42781)
**Author:** [@wolfoftyreso-debug](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/wolfoftyreso-debug)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2026, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/a-phone-photo-of-a-printed-pdf-which-checks-still-make-sense/42781 "2026-11-08T06:12:18Z")
We’ve got a review pipeline in Go with separate analysis parts: original file/hash, image/layout, text/relations, file structure/signatures, external references. A common input at Landvex isn’t the original PDF. It’s a … --- ## [Stop random programs from reading your Git and AWS credentials on Windows](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/stop-random-programs-from-reading-your-git-and-aws-credentials-on-windows/42717)
**Author:** [@A998](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/A998)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2026, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/stop-random-programs-from-reading-your-git-and-aws-credentials-on-windows/42717 "2026-10-21T17:31:33Z")
Stop random programs from reading your Git and AWS credentials on Windows The problem When you use Git or the AWS CLI, your tokens and keys often sit in plain files, or in places any program running as you can read. You … --- ## [Go HTTP Server Returns Incomplete JSON Responses Under Concurrent Requests Despite Successful Handler Execution](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/go-http-server-returns-incomplete-json-responses-under-concurrent-requests-despite-successful-handler-execution/42678)
**Author:** [@joeroot](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/joeroot)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2026, 11:52am UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/go-http-server-returns-incomplete-json-responses-under-concurrent-requests-despite-successful-handler-execution/42678 "2026-10-19T11:52:50Z")
Hi All, I am developing a website backed by a Go application that exposes several HTTP endpoints for retrieving structured data, and I am experiencing an intermittent problem where some requests return incomplete JSON r… --- ## [RFC: DocuDex, an offline documentation CLI for Go projects](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/rfc-docudex-an-offline-documentation-cli-for-go-projects/42679)
**Author:** [@0xi4o](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/0xi4o)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 14, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/rfc-docudex-an-offline-documentation-cli-for-go-projects/42679 "2026-10-14T16:45:19Z")
Hello Gophers! I’m designing DocuDex, a CLI that builds API reference for every dependency in a go.mod from the module cache (via go/doc), stores it locally, and serves it in a browser or to a coding agent — fully offlin… --- ## [Go Website Sometimes Returns Stale Data After Updating Records](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/go-website-sometimes-returns-stale-data-after-updating-records/42625)
**Author:** [@joeroot](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/joeroot)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/go-website-sometimes-returns-stale-data-after-updating-records/42625 "2026-10-05T13:43:20Z")
Hi All, I am experiencing one specific problem with my Go-based website where an API endpoint sometimes returns an older version of a record even though the record has already been updated successfully in the database. … --- ## [How do i use go doc -ex from 1.27?](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/how-do-i-use-go-doc-ex-from-1-27/42548)
**Author:** [@sango\_chan](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/sango_chan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/how-do-i-use-go-doc-ex-from-1-27/42548 "2026-09-19T17:38:42Z")
when running go doc -ex io, it’ll show me the names of the example functions, but when using the -all flag to show additional information, it displays nothing about the example functions $ go version go version go1.27.1… --- ## [Tenant-core: a native multi-tenancy toolkit for Go](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/tenant-core-a-native-multi-tenancy-toolkit-for-go/42442)
**Author:** [@sylvinhio](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/sylvinhio)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2026, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/tenant-core-a-native-multi-tenancy-toolkit-for-go/42442 "2026-09-08T11:24:10Z")
Hi everyone, I’d like to share tenant-core, a Go toolkit for multi-tenant SaaS applications. \*\*The problem it addresses:\*\* in a multi-tenant system, every request needs to resolve which tenant it belongs to, and every … --- ## [I built Cult, an AI-native programming language/runtime in Go — looking for Gophers to test V1](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/i-built-cult-an-ai-native-programming-language-runtime-in-go-looking-for-gophers-to-test-v1/42398)
**Author:** [@Oculis-Max](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/Oculis-Max)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/i-built-cult-an-ai-native-programming-language-runtime-in-go-looking-for-gophers-to-test-v1/42398 "2026-08-17T20:14:58Z")
I’ve been building Cult, an AI-native programming language and application runtime, with the runtime/tooling implemented in Go. Cult treats agents, models, tools, memory, permissions and human approval as first-class pr… --- ## [How to build wep apps / APIs](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/how-to-build-wep-apps-apis/42384)
**Author:** [@mthaler](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/mthaler)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/how-to-build-wep-apps-apis/42384 "2026-08-17T15:40:53Z")
Hi, I am coding in Go for a long time (as a hobby), but I never built web apps. I wonder if anyone knows any good resources that teach you how to build web apps. I also never built APIs. I also wonder if anyone knows an… --- ## [Best Approach for Building a High Performance QR Check In API in Go?](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/best-approach-for-building-a-high-performance-qr-check-in-api-in-go/42252)
**Author:** [@Johnson](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/Johnson)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 8:25am UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/best-approach-for-building-a-high-performance-qr-check-in-api-in-go/42252 "2026-08-17T08:25:07Z")
Hi everyone, I’m building a Go backend for a museum membership and visitor management system, and I’m looking for some advice on designing a fast and reliable QR check-in service. The basic workflow is straightforward: … --- ## [Dude does Company even Hire for golang intern?](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/dude-does-company-even-hire-for-golang-intern/42317)
**Author:** [@akshay\_kumar\_mishra](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/akshay_kumar_mishra)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/dude-does-company-even-hire-for-golang-intern/42317 "2026-08-14T12:37:39Z")
I have been searching a lot for the intern job as golang dev and i want to know does company even hire golang intern ,i have only seen opening with experience role. --- ## [Good repos to understand Go](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/good-repos-to-understand-go/42357)
**Author:** [@Aryan\_Joshi](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/Aryan_Joshi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/good-repos-to-understand-go/42357 "2026-08-10T18:42:02Z")
Hello, can you pls tell me some of the GO repos to understand go and contribute to as a beginner and also some advanced repos --- ## [Parallel Execution with Semaphore instead of WaitGroup](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/parallel-execution-with-semaphore-instead-of-waitgroup/42251)
**Author:** [@falco467](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/falco467)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2026, 2:02pm UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/parallel-execution-with-semaphore-instead-of-waitgroup/42251 "2026-08-10T14:02:52Z")
I recently reworked my helper function for parallel execution to use a simple Semaphore to limit concurrency with a clean and simple loop. It effectively behaves like a worker pool, running at most \`pCount\` concurrent go… --- ## [Goroutine Memory Leak Causing Gradual Performance Degradation on My Website Backend Built With Go](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/goroutine-memory-leak-causing-gradual-performance-degradation-on-my-website-backend-built-with-go/42299)
**Author:** [@joeroot](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/joeroot)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2026, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/goroutine-memory-leak-causing-gradual-performance-degradation-on-my-website-backend-built-with-go/42299 "2026-08-07T21:55:43Z")
Hello Go Community, I am currently facing a persistent performance issue with my website backend that is built using Go, and I am hoping to get some advice from experienced developers who may have encountered a similar … --- ## [\# Help I am trying to figure out if my Redis and Postgres approach's safe for running multiple instances of a background worker](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/help-i-am-trying-to-figure-out-if-my-redis-and-postgres-approachs-safe-for-running-multiple-instances-of-a-background-worker/42336)
**Author:** [@Atu](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/Atu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2026, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/help-i-am-trying-to-figure-out-if-my-redis-and-postgres-approachs-safe-for-running-multiple-instances-of-a-background-worker/42336 "2026-08-06T06:36:51Z")
Context / the project: I’m building Protoverse, a tick-based space strategy game backend, mostly as a learning project to go deep on Go concurrency + a real multi-service architecture The idea: players send commands over… --- ## ["command-line-arguments" printed verbatim](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/command-line-arguments-printed-verbatim/42288)
**Author:** [@Hugh\_Ferrar](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/Hugh_Ferrar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 1:09am UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/command-line-arguments-printed-verbatim/42288 "2026-07-28T01:09:03Z")
When I run “go build -v .” Go has a habit of printing ”command-line-arguments” exactly like that on the next line, rather than evaluating the arguments, which seems odd. Issue seen on Windows go version go1.26.5 wind… --- ## [Debug print function that can be negated at compile time](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/debug-print-function-that-can-be-negated-at-compile-time/42275)
**Author:** [@xyfkgf](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/xyfkgf)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/debug-print-function-that-can-be-negated-at-compile-time/42275 "2026-07-27T12:04:14Z")
i want to place print debug messages in my code but i only want them to be compiled in if debug symbols are included at compile time, what is the best way to go about doing this? tldr; compile debug bin print debug mess… --- ## [Vendoring broken](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/vendoring-broken/42257)
**Author:** [@Ronny\_Forberger](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/Ronny_Forberger)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/vendoring-broken/42257 "2026-07-26T17:38:05Z")
HI, I have a golang project (kubebuilder Kubernetes Operator) and I wanted to ask, why my Golang packages vendoring is broken. I get the message: 0.138 go: inconsistent vendoring in /workspace: 0.138 github.com/onsi… --- ## [How can an HTTP/2 server built using the Go standard library mitigate CVE-2026-49975](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/how-can-an-http-2-server-built-using-the-go-standard-library-mitigate-cve-2026-49975/42243)
**Author:** [@masm611](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/masm611)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 8:30am UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/how-can-an-http-2-server-built-using-the-go-standard-library-mitigate-cve-2026-49975/42243 "2026-07-21T08:30:28Z")
I have an HTTP server built using the Go language, which supports the HTTP/2 protocol and primarily utilizes the “net/http” standard library. After my testing, CVE-2026-49975 (an HTTP/2 memory amplification DoS vulnerab… --- ## [Feeling stuck building only APIs in Go](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/feeling-stuck-building-only-apis-in-go/42192)
**Author:** [@1tzArad](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/1tzArad)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2026, 7:30am UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/feeling-stuck-building-only-apis-in-go/42192 "2026-07-16T07:30:56Z")
Well, I’ve been writing Go code for about 4 months and I’ve notice that I can’t build other things than APIs. I only know how to build APIs in Go and for example if you tell me to build a simple Redis-like server (It’s a… --- ## [Hookbound: secure inbound and outbound webhooks for Go](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/hookbound-secure-inbound-and-outbound-webhooks-for-go/42185)
**Author:** [@kzelealem](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/kzelealem)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/hookbound-secure-inbound-and-outbound-webhooks-for-go/42185 "2026-07-14T17:39:57Z")
Hi everyone, I’ve released Hookbound v0.2.0, an Apache-2.0 Go library for securely sending and receiving webhooks. Hookbound provides: Signed outbound webhook delivery Inbound signature verification Standard W… --- ## [Context error deadlineexceeded](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/context-error-deadlineexceeded/42113)
**Author:** [@packs](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/packs)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 6:27pm UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/context-error-deadlineexceeded/42113 "2026-07-02T18:27:51Z")
Golang gin sqlx MySQL project getting context.deadlineexceeded --- ## [Hello, I'm new here.](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/hello-im-new-here/42109)
**Author:** [@Schnuppi](https://forum.golangbridge.org/u/Schnuppi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://forum.golangbridge.org/t/hello-im-new-here/42109 "2026-06-30T01:18:34Z")
I’m a hobbyist programmer. I come primarily from a background in Python (CLI/GUI/Qt) and C# (CLI/GUI)—so I’m really more of an OOP person. Why do I find the actual writing so difficult? Reading and understanding the cod… [Next page](https://forum.golangbridge.org/c/getting-help/5.md?page=1)