# Using go fix to modernize Go code

DevFeed: [Using go fix to modernize Go code](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/using-go-fix-to-modernize-go-code-2359.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://go.dev/blog/gofix>)

Author: Alan Donovan

Published: 2026-02-17T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The Go Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-go-blog.md>)

Topics: [Go Language](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/go-language.md>), [toolchain](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/toolchain.md>)

Tags: [algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/algorithms.md>), [analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analysis.md>), [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/code.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [loops](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/loops.md>), [maintainers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/maintainers.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [review](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/review.md>), [toolchain](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/toolchain.md>), [tools](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tools.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>)

## AI overview

The article explains how the rewritten Go 1.26 `go fix` command modernizes code by applying analyzers and automated fixes, and outlines its supporting infrastructure and self-service analysis goals.

## Source excerpt

Go 1.26 includes a new implementation of go fix that can help you use more modern features of Go.