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 1 | # Go-Gotchas
 2 | 
 3 | Hey there! Do you know I send a weekly Golang newsletter/tutorial? You can [subscribe here](https://goatspeed.substack.com/)
 4 | 
 5 | ## Some gotchas, tricks & snippets to show Golang principles. Shorten your learning curve!
 6 | 
 7 | A repository for snippets I've posted on [Twitter](https://twitter.com/GolangAtSpeed) and sometimes [Linkedin](https://www.linkedin.com/company/GolangAtSpeed/). All are in the Go Playground for you to experiment with.
 8 | 
 9 | ## Why?
10 | 
11 | I'm Ollie, I'm based in the UK and I offer Go Training, on-site with you, or 
12 | fully hosted off-site. I love coding in Golang (I've worked in Fintech and Healthtech for lots of years), and I want to help others get there a bit quicker than I did - Go is simple, until it's not :)
13 | 
14 | Check out the [GolangatSpeed website](https://golangatspeed.com) or, get in touch for more information --> Training@GolangAtSpeed.com
15 | 
16 | ## There are no answers here, only questions ;)
17 | 
18 | For now organised in chronological order (sorry about the hiatus between June and August - blame Covid!)
19 | 
20 | ### March 2020
21 | 
22 | - [Same string different lengths. Wha?](https://play.golang.org/p/ujUnmx-LsWu) \#strings
23 | - [Omit that time. It is empty!](https://play.golang.org/p/X9g27jPpFej) \#time
24 | - [Never rely on Sorcery. It's not guaranteed to work forever..](https://play.golang.org/p/81LRVLTXk5L) \#builtin
25 | - [Print my list in a Goroutine. Where is it?](https://play.golang.org/p/9TXTz-rgGBX) \#goroutines
26 | - [Filthy aliasing. Avert your eyes. So NSFW!](https://play.golang.org/p/ZF-_djzT2P3) \#imports
27 | - [Imported just for its side effects, 'init?](https://play.golang.org/p/01Jl4WAoI40) \#imports
28 | - [It doesn't add up?](https://play.golang.org/p/S30PkUi_O7T) \#valuespointers
29 | - [Thirsty? Empty inter'face :baby_bottle:](https://play.golang.org/p/z7V1Qv-mf2b) \#interfaces
30 | - [Can iteration be an irritation?](https://play.golang.org/p/wgPgpzgHZAW) \#values
31 | - [The winner isn't always the one you expect!](https://play.golang.org/p/XWTKv7Y04wt) \#races
32 | - [This one is for all you reference types](https://play.golang.org/p/AzsVMTGca3t) \#types
33 | - [Why 'that' time? You know THAT one?](https://play.golang.org/p/uTZHA5_-otO) \#time
34 | - [Pass a value, pass a reference? Copycat!](https://play.golang.org/p/UjXFKuoikv3) \#copies
35 | 
36 | ### April 2020
37 | 
38 | - [I am determined to extend and inherit!](https://play.golang.org/p/Eg06RbUM-Ym) \#oop
39 | - [What a fussy flamin' marshal!](https://play.golang.org/p/DVqLfawKQsD) \#json \#marshaler
40 | - [What problems do interfaces solve?](https://play.golang.org/p/BVdaxNA4tIg) \#interfaces
41 | - [Embedding an interface will save you lines of code](https://play.golang.org/p/vVDAmeUF1gX) \#interfaces
42 | - [Go is not so opinionated on some things..](https://play.golang.org/p/K2zJ_0XuCgD) \#variables
43 | - [Cheeky overuse of memory by identical array](https://play.golang.org/p/ZyL1tftwhxW) \#variables \#padding
44 | 
45 | ### May 2020
46 | 
47 | - [Slice & Array, same length same capacity. Same treatment?](https://play.golang.org/p/U838ZjZZYE7) \#referencetypes
48 | - [Nobody will complain, but this won't work](https://play.golang.org/p/FXiCLKf-i_G) \#returns
49 | - [Add new stuff to an imported package](https://play.golang.org/p/-CDNDNV41fP)
50 | - [This doesn't add up...](https://play.golang.org/p/_uoAHQeoh9h)
51 | 
52 | ### September 2020
53 | - [Empty Slice vs Nil Slice. It'll getcha!](https://play.golang.org/p/77iksaEukUX) \#compositetypes \#referencetypes
54 | - [There's something not right with my method](https://play.golang.org/p/33Qr6eZUEV8) \#compositetypes \#receivers \#methods
55 | 
56 | ### October 2020
57 | - [Naff Map, sorry I mean Nil Map](https://play.golang.org/p/LmrbYWnNrpa) \#map \#compositetypes \#referencetypes
58 | - [That's a lot of capacity, do we need it?](https://play.golang.org/p/HKO1Zq9_8Ep) \#make \#capacity \#compositetypes
59 | - [When is an int not an int?](https://play.golang.org/p/QSGDPNe5Zj9) \#customtypes
60 | 


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