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Don't couple your Go code to GitHub

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  1. p4bl0 · · focus · HN ↗
    True, but beware of the domain name you're using. Because VeriSign may unilaterally decide to delete your domain name along with thousands of others [1] and you're back to square one…

    [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;neil.fraser.name&#x2F;news&#x2F;2026&#x2F;09&#x2F;03&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;neil.fraser.name&#x2F;news&#x2F;2026&#x2F;09&#x2F;03&#x2F;

    1. ablob · · focus · HN ↗
      At least the fallout will be less if you have to resolve your custom domain differently in the intranet due to something like this.

      If github is &quot;taken down&quot; you can&#x27;t just resolve the whole domain differently, you need to only resolve the packages differently. If your &quot;Golang domain&quot; is taken down, it should be a lot easier to hotfix until something proper is implemented (the quickest and dirtiest would be a hostfile-entry).

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