Golang.org will be merged into go.dev

https://go.dev/blog/tidy-web

by solarengineer • 5 years ago

142 75 5 years ago

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cdstyh• 5 years ago

Google should switch to https://google/

They already own the .google tld and you don't even need a subdomain. See http://ai/

koolba• 5 years ago

That’s the coolest URL I’ve ever seen.

SevenSigs• 5 years ago

https should be the default so it could get better

encryptluks2• 5 years ago

I can't get the http://ai/ domain to resolve.

Wowfunhappy• 5 years ago

Same here.

This site can’t be reachedCheck if there is a typo in ai. DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN

re2• 5 years ago

Works for me, but you might need to add a period, depending on the specifics of your DNS configuration: http://ai./

nszceta• 5 years ago

>> What happened to Vince Cate? <<<

If you can get ai to resolve, click on the URL at the bottom of the page which takes you to http://offshore.ai/vince/

judge20203• 5 years ago

IIRC some gTLD rule prohibits non-NS records from being applied to root zones like this (ccTLDs not having this requirement obviously). I'll look for it.

re2• 5 years ago

I found some references:

* https://features.icann.org/dotless-domains

* https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/new-gtld-dotl...

msdrigg• 5 years ago

Then whats happening with the domain http://ai/ mentioned in another comment?

paulgb• 5 years ago

It makes me irrationally happy to see that what must be one of the most sought-after domains resolves to a 90s web aesthetic site promoting beaches and fresh air.

beaconstudios• 5 years ago

... and the use of said country as a tax haven!

Having said that, I do like the website though.

nacs• 5 years ago

Neither of those URLs work for me (DNS doesn't resolve).

arthurcolle• 5 years ago

use a better dns resolver

zamadatix2• 5 years ago

https://google. isn't supposed to work, for ai try http://ai./ instead.

spicybright• 5 years ago

So we're going back to AOL keywords?

I'm actually ok with that.

Operyl3• 5 years ago

http://ai itself didn’t resolve in mobile safari here, though, so it seems like it’d be a bit broken in some environments.

judge20203• 5 years ago

http://ai./

bostondavidvc• 5 years ago

If you have a few minutes, you could file a bug here: https://webkit.org/reporting-bugs/ and potentially get it in front of Safari's networking team.

fotta• 5 years ago

resolves for me on iOS 14 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I’m using NextDNS, if it matters

55555• 5 years ago

unfortunately Google doesn't seem to index http://ai/

BossingAround• 5 years ago

Given how many people can't resolve http://ai or http://ai., there's your answer as to why they shouldn't switch to that.

amelius• 5 years ago

Typing "google.com" in my url bar is way easier than typing "https://google". And typing just "google" results in a DDG search.

jfrunyon3• 5 years ago

Try `google/` (well, it doesn't actually exist, but at least in Firefox/Chrome you can see that it will treat it as a URL instead of a search)

icy2• 5 years ago

For those like me who preferred godoc.org (as opposed to pkg.go.dev), there's https://godocs.io, maintained by Drew DeVault. Runs the same backend (gddo) with all the Google-cruft removed.

shp0ngle• 5 years ago

Oh that’s nice. I don’t particularly like the new pkg.go.dev, although it got slightly better lately

tapirl3• 5 years ago

I only see a page with a search box in it. Search my package name, but get nothing.

icy2• 5 years ago

Try https://godocs.io/example.com/your/package.

scns• 5 years ago

Nice. Drew may come off really harsh in discussions, but he does so many things that benefit others. Hm, that reminds of a guy from finland that announced his side project somewhere.

gunapologist99• 5 years ago

That was a long time ago, though.

Do you pine for those days?

tomohawk• 5 years ago

go docs without the political pandering!

acgkmopvvgvmgv• 5 years ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25783454

maccolgan• 5 years ago

Does DuckDuckGo have a bang for this yet?

svnpenn• 5 years ago

Thank goodness. The go.dev site is absolute garbage. Constantly having problems loading new tags, and the dumb BLM banner. Plus their website devs dont know how to code a responsive site: anything less than a giant resolution and you lose the left navigation. Then someone added these hidden keys, so you will randomly go into dark mode if you hit the wrong button. Finally you have the fixed top bar. Not everyone uses the web on a 4K monitor in full screen. I wish web devs would stop thinking that. Just stop making everything CSS fixed, so people get their screen real estate back.

aofeisheng• 5 years ago

https://go.dev/about

Go.dev is a companion website to golang.org. Golang.org is the home of the open source project and distribution, while go.dev is the hub for Go users providing centralized and curated resources from across the Go ecosystem.

This description doesn't feel so accurate anymore.

And the fact is that this move will make the official Go language sites more fragmented and confusing. At least for me.

mseepgood3• 5 years ago

This description doesn't feel so accurate anymore.

Because the merge isn't done yet.

And the fact is that this move will make the official Go language sites more fragmented and confusing. At least for me.

There will be only one site again. All of golang.org will redirect to go.dev.

mitnk• 5 years ago

pkg.go.dev --> go.dev/pkg/ would be better.

mseepgood3• 5 years ago

For what reason?

throwawaygo2• 5 years ago

I've never understood why we change things on the internet so much. I've got muscle memory after 10 years of navigating the docs. Seriously why did you just decide to remove my workflow?

theonemind• 5 years ago

https://www.jwz.org/doc/cadt.html

corobo• 5 years ago

Hm yes i agree, testicle in an egg cup

(To get past it copy paste the url into a new tab)

throwawaygo2• 5 years ago

Lol you think you are enlightened and you are part of the problem.

pjmlp• 5 years ago

I will miss the world site, oh well.

bborud• 5 years ago

pkg.go.dev is a pretty horrible name. It shouldn't have two dots. It is hard to remember the order of the words initially (I had forgotten after the summer vacation), and you shouldn't use vanity domain names.

Short, clear and boring names work best. godoc.org was descriptive, clear, short, and easy to remember. It was totally unnecessary to ditch it. The new name adds no value to the user and complicates something that didn't need complicating.

mseepgood3• 5 years ago

You can still enter godoc.org, it will redirect automatically.

obiwanpallav1• 5 years ago

I read somewhere that Go engineering team wanted go.org instead of golang.org but they couldn't get it as it was not for sale. [Can't find the source of this info though]

Also, the questions that contained `Golang` in the title and description @ Stackoverflow were edited to contain `Go` instead by the users with edit description being "Name of the language is Go and not Golang". That's when I thought why didn't they use go.co or go.com or any domain name having go instead of golang.

I'm not a very inspired Go user but have always loved their simplicity(the language) and carefulness(the way we moved to Go mod) and due to this I've always read their Release notes and blogs with the favorite one being Profiling Go Programs[1].

1. https://go.dev/blog/pprof

CydeWeys• 5 years ago

go.com was an early pre-Web 2.0 company. I guess it was ultimately acquired by Disney or something, but yes, that definitely wasn't and isn't available.

Tempest19812• 5 years ago

Oh, that's right. They even had a search engine, iirc?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go.com

teddyh• 5 years ago

I guess Google couldn’t live with merely owning the domain name, but had to own the TLD of the domain as well.

noaheverett2• 5 years ago

I like the shorter URL, however googling for “Go” lang stuff has been hit or miss and would need to use “golang” for better results. I wanna say same thing for StackOverflow too but can’t remember…I switched to Crystal so not much Go searching now.

Reminds me that I bought gopher.io years ago for a project that never came to be. Figured it would be suited for something Go related…hey Google it’s for sale ;)

Tempest19812• 5 years ago

Crystal also seems hard to search for. Not crystal reports, right?

noaheverett2• 5 years ago

You're absolutely right! Have to append "lang" to those searches as well to filter out crystal reports or stuff on Etsy :)

Seirdy• 5 years ago

Would be nice to use it for a gopher(s)-to-https proxy.

jdpedrie• 5 years ago

A bit off topic, but one of my pet peeves with the go ecosystem is the extreme difficulty in generating nice documentation for private packages. Has anyone solved this problem and I just missed it?

tapirl3• 5 years ago

I developed https://github.com/go101/golds

Golang.org will be merged into go.dev

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