Preslav Rachev
The 10 Go Error Handling Commandments
·5 mins
Thou shalt handle errors with care: ten tips for wrapping, translating, and returning them without turning every failure into noise.
Going with Go
2026
2025
Why I Made Peace With Go’s Date Formatting
·4 mins
If we’re all going to google it anyway, we might as well google something that makes sense.
2024
The Two Reasons I Prefer Passing Struct Pointers Around
·9 mins
Choosing consistency over performance.
2023
Focus on the Happy Path With Step Functions
·5 mins
A simple pattern that will help you reduce error handling, while keeping your Go code simple and idiomatic.
What Color is Your Type?
·5 mins
My struggle to choose the right type semantic and keep code consistent at the same time.
Digging into Service Weaver: Dependency Injection
·4 mins
Did Google reinvent both EJBs and Spring in Go?
Create Robust "Enums" in Go
·6 mins
While Go doesn’t have proper enums, you can create a more robust enum-like construct using interfaces and structs.
Things to Consider When Going With sqlc
·4 mins
sqlc is a fantastic time and boilerplate saver, but is not a one-size-fits-all solution. Here are a few drawbacks I think people should be aware of.
Partially-Implemented Interfaces in Go
·3 mins
When you just want to implement one or two methods … but be careful.
User or *User - Do We Need Struct Pointers Everywhere?
·8 mins
A bit of up-front thinking can help make our Go code cleaner and more performant.