The beers are taunting me the most. Soon. Real soon, now

You can always pass the variable to "_":
_ = myVariable
Also works for packages:
_ = fmt
Just remember to remove it before commit :)

To be honest, I'm not sure I understand half of my Emacs config. Been telling myself that I will learn elisp and take full control over it for years. Some day I might happen. Until then I'm just glad it works

Here's the proposal I think: github.com/golang/go/is...

Seems like it was declined. Good greif, I was about to have a small panic

Excellent point. Thank you. I will borrow that!

I am no Crystal expert, far from. Crystal is a language I try out every now and then, but always leave aside. I think this document gives a good example about the type checking: crystal-lang.org/reference/1.... or maybe crystal-lang.org/reference/1.... :)

Sometimes I wish Go was a little bit more like Crystal, where you need to type check a variable before using it in a type specific way. Sometimes

I hear you. I guess it makes sense, given that it's more or less a pointer, but I've been bitten by uninitiated maps (and slices) many times