Go 1.21 coming soon! Plus John Arundel's advice for those who aren't enjoying Go so much

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• 🇪🇺 GopherCon EU next week in Berlin! June 26-29 (https://gophercon.eu/) • 🧪 Go 1.21rc2 (https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/REcCdQj1taA) is out • Read the draft release notes (https://tip.golang.org/doc/go1.21)

• 💬 Discussion (closed): Add package forwarding (https://github.com/golang/go/discussions/60696) • 💬 Discussion (ongoing): Move HTTP/2 to the standard library (https://github.com/golang/go/discussions/60746) • Community highlights • 🎮 Dendy (https://github.com/maxpoletaev/dendy), NES emulator written in Go • grank.io (https://www.grank.io/), Go packages ranked by Google Page Rank and GitHub stars

• Koyeb (https://www.koyeb.com/?utm_source=cupogo&utm_medium=podcast) is a developer-friendly serverless platform to deploy apps globally. No-ops, servers, or infrastructure management. You can run Web apps & APIs, event-driven serverless functions, background workers, and even cron jobs! • Interview with Go 👨‍🏫 teacher and 📚 author, John Arundel • On Twitter: @bitfield (https://twitter.com/bitfield) • On LinkedIn: bitfieldconsulting (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bitfieldconsulting/) • Web site: bitfieldconsulting.com (https://bitfieldconsulting.com/) • Video: Things in Go I Never Use (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DVV36uqQ4E) by Mat Ryer • Video: What is the best book to learn Go in 2023? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Um_kvUzRro)

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