The content discusses streaming data from databases to users using named pipes, specifically with DuckDB and JSON-formatted results. A bug in how Go handles reading data from pipes was discovered during the process. The bug caused the code to block on pipe.Read() on M1 Macs, but strangely worked on Linux without time.Sleep() in the writer. The bug was identified and patched promptly. The workaround involved using the syscall package to make syscalls directly, resolving the blocking issue. The focus is on building software for analytical databases using fun systems-y techniques in Go.
https://scratchdata.com/blog/go-nonblocking-pipes-bug/