Footguns

• Common Go Footguns: Debug Logging Jul 28, 2025 - 3 min read
  This is the third post in a series on common go footguns about how debug logging can have surprising performance impacts
• Common Go Footguns: Appending to slices Aug 25, 2024 - 3 min read
  This is the second post in a series on common Go footguns. This post demonstrates the performance impacts of appending a known number of elements to a slice without doing any pre-allocation. This is one of the most common and easily fixed performance issues I see in pull requests on a regular basis.
• Common Go Footguns: Interface Nility Aug 24, 2024 - 3 min read
  Describing the common footgun of checking an interface for nil