A small story about Go channels, hidden backpressure, and why I built an observable bounded queue for production services.
I like Go channels.
They are one of those language features that feel simple in the best possible way.
You can write something like this:
jobs := make(chan Job, 1024)
go func() {
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The Go proverb in practice: when a channel that transfers ownership beats a mutex that guards state, and how to pick per…
