{
  "id": 1142662,
  "title": "Understand Pointers, simple and easy with Go",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/entenda-ponteiros-simples-e-facil-com-go",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-15T23:04:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Dev.to",
    "slug": "dev-to",
    "url": "https://dev.to/lucasdasial/entenda-ponteiros-simples-e-facil-com-go-2nog"
  },
  "original_language": "pt",
  "account": "The article explains the concept of pointers in programming, specifically in the Go language. It describes how pointers store the memory address of a variable, allowing multiple references to the same data instance. The use of pointers is illustrated with examples, including how they enable modification of the original data and avoid unnecessary copying. In Go, the article notes that it's common to use value types by default and reserve pointers for situations where shared or modified instances are needed, or to represent nil or avoid large copies.",
  "summary": "Lidar com ponteiros pela primeira vez assusta quem vem de linguagens como JavaScript, Python ou Java, onde a gestão de memória é automática Mas a ideia é mais simples do que parece. O que são ponteiros? Toda variável ocupa um espaço na memória, e esse espaço possui um endereço. Um ponteiro é uma variável que guarda o endereço de outra variável , em vez de guardar diretamente o seu valor. x := 10…",
  "key_points": [
    "Pointers are variables holding memory addresses of other variables, not their values.",
    "In Go, pointers are declared using the & operator, e.g., &x for a variable x."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}