Quick Go Tip: Always create a custom HTTP client

Go's net/http package provides convenient Get, Post, and other HTTP method as top-level package functions:

resp, err := http.Get("http://example•com/")

While these are great for prototyping and quick throwaway scripts, don't use them in production.

Reason: They don't time out.

Instead, create an http.Client and set its Timeout field. It's almost as easy as using top-level HTTP calls:

client := &http.Client{
Timeout: 10* time.Second,
}

resp, err := client.Get("http://example•com")

#golang

Thanks to a couple contributors, Ghostty has built-in VCS branching characters. Kitty introduced this[1] and I think Ghostty is the second terminal to implement it. The cool detail in this one: for the end markers they're drawn with a true fade (see line 13).

[1]: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/pull/7681