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[Livestream] Go 1.26 Release Party

Anna Protsenko
Anna Protsenko

Updated on February 23.

On February 19, we hosted the Go 1.26 Release Party, celebrating the latest Go release together with the community. During the livestream, Go experts walked through what’s new in Go 1.26, explained why the changes matter, and discussed their impact on real-world Go development.

The event featured an in-depth technical session by Anton Zhiyanov, Go educator and creator of antonz.org, who explored the most important updates in Go 1.26 through live coding and practical examples. This was followed by a session with Alex Rios, who demonstrated how GoLand supports the new release from day one, helping developers adopt Go 1.26 with confidence.

The session consisted of a technical overview, practical demonstrations, and time for audience questions.

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Anton Zhiyanov

Anton Zhiyanov is a backend developer with 20 years of experience in building software systems. He specializes in creating maintainable and efficient software while contributing actively to open-source projects.

Anton has authored a book on Go concurrency and teaches online courses focused on the Go standard library and concurrency. He is known in the community for developing interactive tours for Go releases, a series he has authored for every version starting with Go 1.22.

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Alex Rios

Alex is a Senior Staff Engineer at Stone, where he builds developer platforms and internal tools that empower engineering teams across the organization. With 17+ years of experience, he’s the author of System Programming Essentials with Go and Learning Zig, and writes about staff engineering and systems thinking on Substack and his personal blog.

Alex speaks regularly at international conferences and is passionate about data-oriented design, making complex systems understandable, and helping engineers grow into technical leadership roles.

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