GolangNYC: Building a static analyzer on top of Go's SSA Backend

Get ready to stuff your faces with knowledge with this month's GolangNYC meetup and learn about building on top of the Go compiler's Static Single Assignment (SSA) and a technical deep dive of gohawk with James Ko.

Talk Synopsis:
As AI-generated code becomes more common, static analysis tooling is becoming more and more invaluable as a way to catch programming errors before they happen at runtime. This talk will provide an overview of Gohawk, a static analyzer that flags resource leaks and concurrency issues in Go code. It will include a technical deep dive that explains how it builds on Go SSA to perform interprocedural analysis.

Food and drinks generously provided by Lawrence Harvey

Agenda:
6:30PM - 7:00pm - Doors Open and Netwoking
7:00PM - 7:10PM - Introductions
7:10PM - 7:40PM - Building a static analyzer and deep dive into gohawk with James Ko

Where: Lawrence Harvey, 123 William St, New York, NY 10038
When: Tuesday November 17, 2026 @ 6:30pm

Space is limited, so please only update your attendance if you cannot attend.