My name is Elton Minetto

Working with dates in any programming language presents some challenges. In this post, I will show how to work with dates when writing unit tests for a Go application.

The terminal is the tool I use the most in my day-to-day work. Over the years, I’ve created a series of shortcuts, scripts, and habits that make me more productive in performing many of my tasks. In this post, I …

Choosing a project’s dependencies is something we sometimes overlook, but it can have a very relevant impact. The following image illustrates the idea:

One of the most controversial issues in the Go language is how we handle errors. I remember when I started working with the language, in mid-2015, after having used PHP for a few years, and I was surprised that it …

Whether in scenarios of accelerated growth or even in the unfortunate moment of layoffs that we are going through, developer hours are one of the most expensive and valuable resources for companies. In this way, …

In this post, I will talk about an exciting project maintained by the team that develops the Go language: the Go Cloud Development Kit, also known as the Go CDK.

I bet that at that moment, you are thinking: “Another programming language”? Calm down, calm down, come with me, and it will make sense :)

When writing a Go application that handles data in a database (in this post, I will focus on relational databases), we have a few options:

We spend hours and hours developing applications on our machines, with more and more requirements and complexity. In addition, any modern application has multiple containers, microservices, deployments in different …

It is a consensus in the software development community that documentation is essential. But at the same time, it’s not one of the most glamorous tasks, especially compared to writing code. So it’s natural …