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5 Open Source tools written in Golang that you should know about

Utpal Nadiger on December 15, 2023

Most modern backend developers absolutely LOVE golang. Developers continue to build simple, secure, scalable systems with Go, and those who do, s...
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Shreya

Great list.

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Utpal Nadiger

Thanks @shreya_gr!

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Deb

Neat. I am into Rust, did not get a change to adopt GoLang. But love the innovation coming out from the community.

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Utpal Nadiger

Indeed, thanks Deb!

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gupta

Looks Great Thanks !

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Utpal Nadiger

Thanks Priya!

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Mohamed

I love steampipe

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Utpal Nadiger

Yeah Steampipe is AWESOME!

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Deb

Check Fluvio on GitHub if you ever want to see what streaming on Rust and WebAssembly looks like. :)

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Nathan Tarbert

Nice list, I've been looking into Steampipe.

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Utpal Nadiger

Thanks Nathan. We love steampipe!

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Matija Sosic

Great to learn more about Go! What should I use Digger for, can I use it for my side project, reflectdaily.app/ ?

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Utpal Nadiger

In all honesty, you're probably better off using a PaaS like Vercel for your side project. Digger helps solve Terraform/OpenTofu automation and collaboration at scale with PR level locks, Drift Detection, RBAC via Open Policy Agent, etc.

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Bap

Good read, thanks!

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Utpal Nadiger

Thanks!

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aldin

Nice!
If you liked Permify, should definitely check out cerbos.dev as well. They solve the same issue, but the way it works with your apps is rather different: github.com/cerbos/cerbos