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Go Race Detector: Finding and Fixing Data Races

2025-01-15 8 min read Golang Concurrency Debugging Ilya Brin

Hey bug hunter! 👋

Data races are the most insidious bugs in concurrent programs. They hide in production, don’t reproduce locally, and corrupt data in the most unpredictable ways.

Fortunately, Go has a built-in race detector that finds these bugs automatically. It’s like an X-ray for your concurrent code!

Let’s explore what data races are, how to find them, and how to fix them using Go Race Detector 🚀

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