Reposted by Matt BoyleAlternativeTo @alternativeto.net · 13/06/2026⚡OpenAI will acquire Ona, a cloud development environment company to add secure, persistent cloud execution to Codex, allowing agents to keep working beyond a single session and supporting enterprise deployments alternativeto.net/news/2026/6... 161
Reposted by Matt BoyleChris Aniszczyk @cra.dev · 01/05/2026looking forward to the Background Agents summit to learn more background-agents.com/summitbackground-agents.comBackground Agents SummitTalks from leading practitioners building agent infrastructure — plus facilitated workshops to define the background agent stack. Free and virtual. 051
Reposted by Matt BoyleDan Mayer @mayerdan.bsky.social · 12/03/2026This is a good explanation of where things feel like they are headed at the moment. background-agents.combackground-agents.comThe Self-Driving CodebaseBackground agents and the next era of enterprise software delivery. 051
Reposted by Matt Boylegeshan.com.np @geshan.com.np · 11/03/2026The Self-Driving Codebase background-agents.com Now, agents run autonomously across thousands of repos in the background. This trend is already in motion at companies like Stripe, who recently published about their Minions platform, Ramp, and Spotify.background-agents.comThe Self-Driving CodebaseBackground agents and the next era of enterprise software delivery. 041
Reposted by Matt BoyleHN @hnws.bsky.social · 03/03/2026Claude Code escapes its own denylist and sandbox L: ona.com/stories/how-claude-code-esc… C: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=472369… posted on 2026.03.03 at 13:49:59 (c=2, p=8) 062
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Might want to do a bit of research around Theia and Gitpod before declaring it a fork ;) 006
Reposted by Matt BoyleMatt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 22/12/2025I have been working on something new - a fun way to learn the Go programming language. If you want to be one of the first to give it a try, you can join the waitlist here: www.bytesizego.com/goflow-landing 095
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 22/12/2025I have been working on something new - a fun way to learn the Go programming language. If you want to be one of the first to give it a try, you can join the waitlist here: www.bytesizego.com/goflow-landing 095
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Let them know I’d be happy to help! We typically support 0 downtime maintenance so curious where they are stuck. 000
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 01/10/2025We wrote our own agent! It does not currently support spec kit...should we add it? 100
Reposted by Matt BoyleMatt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 11/01/2025There is an environment variable (GOMAXPROCS) that you can set which determines how many threads your go program will use simultaneously... 🧵 4194
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 22/09/2025cupogo.dev/episodes/ga...share.transistor.fmCup o' Go | 🪖 Gab's Notes on this week's Go news and an interview with Matt Boyle of Ona and ByteSizeGoThanks Gabriel Augendre for guest co-hosting this episode!Visit cupogo.dev for all the links.🔬 A new experimental Go API for JSON🧾 2025 Go Developer Survey🥸 Test state, not interactions by Redowan😴... 030
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 22/09/2025People are often surprised that both Ona (formerly Gitpod) agents and our platform are built in Go, not Python. The advantages are real, and I think we’ll see more and more companies making the same choice. I talk about this (and a lot more) on the latest episode of the Cup O’ Go podcast. 241
Reposted by Matt BoyleMatt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 10/01/2025For most of us, garbage collection is something we have heard of but never need to pay attention to.However, one of the reasons Go is so efficient and easy to learn is due to its excellent GC. 🧵 2325
Reposted by Matt BoyleMatt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 17/03/2025This weekend I vibe coded a tool where you can check if sites were created by vibe coding so you can judge other sites for vibe coding whilst you vibe code. Check it out here: vibe-coder-analyzer.pages.dev What's the lowest score you can find? 8172
Reposted by Matt BoyleMatt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Here's a thread with a brief history of dependency management in Go. For those of you newer to Go, it might surprise you to know that go modules was not always part of the language. When Go launched in 2009, it did not have any dependency management solution as Google had no need for one. 2438
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 15/09/2025ona.com/docs/ona/be...ona.comBest Practices - Ona DocumentationBest practices for using Ona environments, agents, and guardrails effectively in your development workflow. 000
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 15/09/2025We sometimes struggle to position Ona, as we built it for parallelism to be at the core of everything you do and you have to feel it to "get it". Our CTO Chris has put together a best practise guide for how to use our platform to get maximum productivity without trading off security. 200
Reposted by Matt BoyleMatt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 09/01/2025errGroups are probably my favourite Go package. errGroup makes it really easy to take a bunch of tasks and run them in parallel, making your program faster. They do this whilst keeping your code readable. Here's an example of one of my most common use-cases I asked chatGPT to generate. 3352
Reposted by Matt BoyleMatt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 05/09/2025I have seen many complex setups and memes about people being able to use Claude Code on the go. Ona Cloud uses Sonnet 4 under the hood, and because our platform is cloud-native, handing off from Laptop to phone is as simple as just going to app.ona.com. 142
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 12/09/2025ona.com/stories/in-...ona.comIn search for parallel flow | Ona (formerly Gitpod)Software engineering moves from deep mono-focused work to highly parallel multi-tasking. Interfaces need to pave the way. 000
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 12/09/2025"We need new interfaces, new tools that embrace parallelism" Read more about how we designed Ona for parrallism to be at the core (link below) 100
Reposted by Matt BoyleMatt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 03/01/2025You have probably heard of gRPC if you haven't used it. It is particularly popular for inter-service communication due to its efficiency, language agnostic nature and support out of the box for things like MTLS. Here's a really simple example of how you can get started with gRPC 🧵 1221
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 11/09/2025We have a Slack channel, #so-many-demos, where we share quick Loom or CleanShot demos of ideas. These demos might not ship, but they spark early sharing and experimentation. With AI making demos nearly free, the goal is clear: create more. 120
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 08/09/2025SuperWispr remains my favorite AI tool to date. It makes every single one of my workflows faster. 010
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 05/09/2025I have seen many complex setups and memes about people being able to use Claude Code on the go. Ona Cloud uses Sonnet 4 under the hood, and because our platform is cloud-native, handing off from Laptop to phone is as simple as just going to app.ona.com. 142
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Really cool to see Ona mentioned alongside great companies such as OpenAI, Cursor and AMP When working on Ona, we were very tempted to introduce our own standard for Agent Rules, but the old XKCD on standards came to mind. AGENTS.md just makes sense! 030
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 16/04/2025bytesizego.com/books/anatom...bytesizego.comThe Anatomy of Go - Master Go's Inner WorkingsUnlock the secrets of Go's inner workings and take your skills to the next level with this comprehensive guide to The Anatomy of Go. 010
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 16/04/2025We just shipped chapter 4 of The Anatomy of Go! For those who have already purchased the book at the discounted price; simply click the link in the next post to download the latest version free. Chapter 4 adds 100+ new pages and digs into how Structs, Interfaces and Generics work under the hood. 1191
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 06/04/2025If you could go back in time and show Alan Turing ChatGPT, and he had to guess which year it was released. What would he say? 551
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 26/03/2025Wow what a reception! Even Reddit was kind about it, that’s how you know you’re on to something! 0140
Reposted by Matt BoyleMatt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Today I'm proud to launch your new favourite Go book in early access! This book will go to a depth not seen before in Go books, and the first three chapters are available right now: www.bytesizego.com/books/anatom... 27720
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 25/03/2025It's been a long time coming but very happy to see this finally go out into the world! I hope you love it as much as we do. 030
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Here's three blogs by the author that show his writing style and depth: - victoriametrics.com/blog/go-sing... - victoriametrics.com/blog/go-weak... - victoriametrics.com/blog/go-uniq...victoriametrics.comGo Singleflight Melts in Your Code, Not in Your DBWhat singleflight does is ensure that only one of those goroutines actually runs the operation, like getting the data from the database. It allows only one ‘in-flight’ (ongoing) operation for the same... 191
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Today I'm proud to launch your new favourite Go book in early access! This book will go to a depth not seen before in Go books, and the first three chapters are available right now: www.bytesizego.com/books/anatom... 27720
Reposted by Matt BoyleMatt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 19/03/2025If video is more your thing, you can watch me discuss it and generate one for the biggest Go project I could think of; Kubernetes Watch free here: bytesizego.com/lessons/sbom...bytesizego.comGenerating A SBOM for Go Apps - ByteSizeGo 051
Reposted by Matt BoyleMatt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Short to the point blog this week on: - what is an SBOM? - why should you care? - How to generate one in Go www.bytesizego.com/blog/underst...bytesizego.comUnderstanding SBOM in Go: Why It Matters and How to Generate OneA deep dive into Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), its importance in Go projects, and how to generate one using CycloneDX. 161
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 19/03/2025If video is more your thing, you can watch me discuss it and generate one for the biggest Go project I could think of; Kubernetes Watch free here: bytesizego.com/lessons/sbom...bytesizego.comGenerating A SBOM for Go Apps - ByteSizeGo 051
Matt Boyle @mattboyle.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Short to the point blog this week on: - what is an SBOM? - why should you care? - How to generate one in Go www.bytesizego.com/blog/underst...bytesizego.comUnderstanding SBOM in Go: Why It Matters and How to Generate OneA deep dive into Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), its importance in Go projects, and how to generate one using CycloneDX. 161
Reposted by Matt BoyleCreator Unbound - Grow your following with AI @creatorunbound.bsky.social · 15/03/2025Cows have best friends and get stressed when separated. 1262
Reposted by Matt BoyleCreator Unbound - Grow your following with AI @creatorunbound.bsky.social · 11/03/2025There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on Earth. 3152
