Here are some useful tips on using Makefile and how to optimize them: Creating a Makefile In order to work with Makefile , we need to create one first:

The Health Endpoint 👨‍⚕️ Consider the following scenarios: You are working on an integration of an API, and you are given an API endpoint, https://api.abc.com/. Now, they did not provide sufficient information on the endpoint, so you figured you will have to take a look at the repository and read the code (assuming it’s…

This is a simple guide on how to dockerize a golang binary in go1.11 with the vendor directories. By default go command will completely ignore vendor directories. But enabling the build using the vendor directory would speed up build a lot, especially when running inside Docker, as you do not need to fetch the dependencies anymore. View the guide here: alextanhongpin/go-modules Docker + go modules in go1.11. Contribute to alextanhongpin/go-modules development by creating an account on GitHub.github.com

I have seen a lot of presentation on circuit-breakers - on how successful it was when Company X or Company Y applied it in services. Yet, I have always asked myself this question — is circuit breaker really practical in an auto-scaling environment? That question was never really answered by…

Nginx recent release finally has native support for gRPC. It is a nice addition to existing tools such as Linkerd, Traefik, Envoy etc, but with much simpler configuration. 😄If you have tried Linkerd (which has an awesome dashboard!), you would definitely have agreed. To test it out, we have a…

1. There’s no round function for numbers If you want to round numbers in go, you have to implement it yourself, that is, until go 1.10 is released. 2. There’s no reverse string function Again, it’s weird that go lacks something as simple as a reverse string function. But there are times when you actually need it. Here's how you can do…

TL;DR Dockerize your golang app easily with the new multi-stage builds from Docker 17.05. Reduce deployment steps and produce smaller, optimized builds. Audience: You want to know how to Dockerize your Golang app You want your Docker image to be as small as possible You want to know how multi-stage docker build…