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title: "Discussion on \"Go Generics, One Year In: Which Promises Held, Which Didn't\" | Hashnode"
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# [Go Generics, One Year In: Which Promises Held, Which Didn't](https://harrisonsec.hashnode.dev/go-generics-one-year-in-which-promises-held-which-didnt?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Go 1.18 shipped generics in March 2022. Four years later, the honest picture: they're useful for a narrower set of problems than the community hoped, they fit naturally in a few places, and overuse them and your code gets worse. A production retrospe

Apr 20 · 8 min read · harrisonsec.hashnode.dev  
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