I know :) but since the go tool is already installed and having the facility available by default on node and python, I thought maybe I had missed something. It was between using npx serve . or using go and having to find a package or write the lines myself. Just to check a html file that could not run in file mode.
Anyway, I kept my braincells activity for some other stuff... Seems to work still https://github.com/atdiar/fsrv **oops I think I've deleted my previous response, saying that basically ruling it out of scope made sense, and that the rationale was avoiding third party package that might be changed under people's feet** On Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 6:36:50 PM UTC+1 robert engels wrote: > It’s like 3 lines of code… I think you can handle it. > > On Jan 24, 2026, at 6:47 AM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > @Sean > That's fair. Makes sense. > > @Mikk > Yeah my rationale was that I wouldn't want to trust some random program > from the internet either. Integrating it to the tooling would be a tiny bit > more secure. > But it gets out of scope quickly I guess. > > > > On Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 1:37:55 PM UTC+1 Mikk Margus wrote: > >> The compiler toolchain does not seem like a good place to bundle >> something like this. >> You could just find a project that implements this and then `go run` it >> instead. >> >> e.g >> go run github.com/kevinpollet/[email protected] >> <http://github.com/kevinpollet/[email protected]> >> >> On 1/24/26 14:03, [email protected] wrote: >> > Just wondering if a default command to serve files locally was ever >> > discussed? >> > >> > I just realized that because of javascript CSP I often need a local >> > server to view some index.html file especially if it imports some >> other >> > modules. >> > >> > I could easily write a go file to do so (or even have AI do it if I am >> > not afraid of my brain cells shrinking, which I am a little) and >> install it. >> > >> > But I thought that the right spot for this could be the go tool. >> > >> > Did I miss something and it is already existing, or is it insecure >> perhaps? >> > >> > For instance, by default, "go serve . " could run a local file server >> on >> > port 3000 or something...? >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "golang-nuts" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an email to [email protected] <mailto:golang- >> > [email protected]>. >> > To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang- >> > nuts/3b8063ad-c3c9-4276-9d7f-8e747dcba8bfn%40googlegroups.com >> <https:// >> > groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/3b8063ad- >> > c3c9-4276-9d7f-8e747dcba8bfn%40googlegroups.com? >> > utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "golang-nuts" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/7f11889a-275d-4e4d-a981-5651cb3539b4n%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/7f11889a-275d-4e4d-a981-5651cb3539b4n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/golang-nuts/74990fdb-da07-48dc-9e41-d9e30ccf789bn%40googlegroups.com.
