Previewing Go package documentation

While developing Windigo, I’m using the auto-generated docs at pkg.go.dev. It’s not perfect, but it’s something.

I didn’t know, however, a way to preview the generated docs while still developing the library.

Go 1.25 brought a new go doc option which allows us to preview the documentation by creating a temporary, virtual server. It downloads a whole bunch of packages, builds them, and then effectively displays the current docs:

go doc -http

This is being a game changer, I can now preview all the documentation instantly. Thanks to this guy who told me that.

Install PKCS#11 drivers, Linux

I need the PKCS#11 USB token at work, and every time I spin a new Linux VM, I need to install it again. But I never remember what needs to be done. So I’m documenting the steps here.

First, download the latest driver at GlobalSign, unzip and install it. The installation will probably fail because of missing dependencies; the second command will install them followed by the original package:

sudo dpkg -i foo.deb
sudo apt-get -f install

Once you reboot, the SafeNet icon will appear in the tray.

To install support for Brave browser, see here.

Brave cookies whitelist

I’ve been wasting way too much time, multiple times, looking for Brave’s cookie whitelist setting. So I’ll just leave it here, for reference to my future self. I found the reference on this Reddit post.

The settings are buried in:

• Settings
• Privacy and security
• Site and Shields Settings
• Content
• Additional content settings
• On-device site data
• Customized behaviors

Or, this direct link:

brave://settings/content/siteData