Closing Go Worker Pools
An approach we might take to closing worker pools using standard lib’s sync.WaitGroup to keep track of how many of the workers are still running.
An approach we might take to closing worker pools using standard lib’s sync.WaitGroup to keep track of how many of the workers are still running.
The worker pool pattern involves creating a specific number of workers (goroutines), each responsible for executing tasks. These workers listen for tasks on a common channel. Any free worker can pick up a task and execute it.
Video of my Go Quantum talk, London Gophers meetup, October 2023
The HackerOne bug bounty platform is the largest one to have its own researcher API. The ability to retrieve a list of in-scope targets creates the possibility for large scale vulnerability scanning.
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