Philippe Gaultier 3/18/2025

Build PIE executables in Go: I got nerd-sniped

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This article details the author's journey to enable Position Independent Executable (PIE) builds for Go services to improve security by making binaries relocatable. It explains the security benefits of PIE, demonstrates the build process with `-buildmode=pie`, and troubleshoots unexpected issues like the switch from static to dynamic linking and runtime errors in minimal containers.

Build PIE executables in Go: I got nerd-sniped

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