Modules

Go Module System: Dependency Management Done Right (Mostly)

Go modules are one of the more carefully designed dependency management systems I’ve worked with. The core ideas — versioned module paths, minimum version selection, reproducible builds via go.sum — are sound. After running services on modules since 1.11, the rough edges are predictable enough to document. ...

From Java 8 to Java 11 in a Regulated Environment: What Actually Broke

Java 11 was the first long-term support release after Java 8. Oracle’s announcement that commercial Java 8 support would end pushed the bank’s architecture committee to approve a migration. In theory: update the JDK, update the build files, done. In practice: six months of discovery. This is a frank account of what broke. ...