What is a feature, or two, that you wish existed in the language/framework/technology you are currently using? Why do you miss it? Does your current language/framework/technology have the feature, but it's just implemented differently than you would like?

Inspired by myself and Omar Ashour being newbies with Go and trying not to impose our habits from other languages without a good justification. For example, we recently debated if we should use the Testify (https://github.com/stretchr/testify) testing framework instead of Go's built-in way to testing (https://go.dev/doc/tutorial/add-a-test).

Everyone and anyone is welcome to [join](https://weeklydevchat.com/join/) as long as you are kind, supportive, and respectful of others.

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Oh no, not another soul lost in the GitHub Actions Bermuda Triangle 🙄🔍. Apparently, someone decided it was a great idea to leave the backdoor open to their secret garden of mysteries. Who needs secure coding practices when you can just sprinkle some malicious pixie dust and watch chaos ensue? 🎩✨
https://alexwlchan.net/2025/github-actions-audit/ #GitHubActions #SecurityBreach #CodingPractices #SoftwareDevelopment #TechHumor #DevOps #HackerNews #ngated
Whose code am I running in GitHub Actions?

I wanted to know what third-party code I was using in my GitHub Actions. I was able to use standard text processing tools and shell pipelines to get a quick tally.

Dank des auskunftsträchtigen Code-Kommentars

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weiß ich jetzt, wo der Code hergenommen wurde, den ich gerade angucke. Zumindest so ungefähr.

#WTF #Comments #Codingpractices

Tests failing? Nothing compiles? No new error messages for hours? Blueberry would like to remind you to step away. Take a break. Do some yoga. Drink some water. All your stuff will still be broken when you get back.
#Programming #Coding #CodingPractices #TakeBreaks #BeLikeBlueberry #DogsMastodon #Dogs

"Taking a break means touching grass, not touching glass. If I'm doing it right, I mean."

https://www.industriallogic.com/blog/what-are-your-top-five-must-haves-when-coding/ #codingpractices #burnout #grass

What are your top five must-haves when coding?

Here are mine.