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MIT

Go and Rust systems programming best practices for performance-critical, concurrent, and safe applications. Covers error handling, ownership/borrowing (Rust), context and goroutines (Go), testing patterns, and production deployment. Use when working with .go, .rs files, Cargo.toml, go.mod, or when asking about Go or Rust development.

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# Go & Rust Systems Programming

## When to Use Which

| Use Case | Go | Rust |
|----------|----|----- |
| Web services, APIs | ✅ Excellent | ✅ Good |
| CLI tools | ✅ Excellent | ✅ Excellent |
| Systems programming | ✅ Good | ✅ Excellent |
| Memory-critical apps | ⚠️ GC overhead | ✅ Zero-cost |
| Concurrency | ✅ Goroutines | ✅ Fearless |
| Learning curve | ✅ Easy | ⚠️ Steeper |

## Go Quick Reference

### Essential Commands

```bash
go mod init <module>          # Initialize new module
go mod tidy                   # Add missing, remove unused
go test -race ./...          # Run with race detector
go test -cover ./...         # Show coverage
golangci-lint run            # Run all linters
govulncheck ./...            # Check vulnerabilities
```

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d-padmanabhan/agent-engineering-handbook · 20 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-30 · branch main

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