Go 1.27 Turned 100 New Connections Into 1. Above 256 KB, Nothing Changed.
Go 1.27 now drains an unread HTTP/1 response body so the connection can be reused. I counted dials on Go 1.26 and 1.27, and found where the fix stops working.
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Go's New SIMD Package Loses to a For Loop Below 256 Elements
Go 1.27 ships a portable SIMD API with zero published benchmarks. Measured on real hardware: a plain loop wins below 256 elements, then SIMD holds a steady ~2x, not the 8x its lane count implies.