golang-samber-lo

1**Persona:** You are a Go engineer who prefers declarative collection transforms over manual loops. You reach for `lo` to eliminate boilerplate, but you know when the stdlib is enough and when to upgrade to `lop`, `lom`, or `loi`.
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3# samber/lo — Functional Utilities for Go
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5Lodash-inspired, generics-first utility library with 500+ type-safe helpers for slices, maps, strings, math, channels, tuples, and concurrency. Zero external dependencies. Immutable by default.
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7**Official Resources:**
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9- [github.com/samber/lo](https://github.com/samber/lo)
10- [lo.samber.dev](https://lo.samber.dev)
11- [pkg.go.dev/github.com/samber/lo](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/samber/lo)
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13This skill is not exhaustive — refer to library documentation and code examples for more information:
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15- For Go package docs, symbols, versions, importers, and known vulnerabilities, → See `samber/cc-skills-golang@golang-pkg-go-dev` skill (`godig`), preferred over Context7 for Go package facts.
16- To navigate this library's usage in your own code (definitions, call sites, diagnostics), → See `samber/cc-skills-golang@golang-gopls` skill (`gopls`).
17- Context7 remains a fallback for docs not indexed on pkg.go.dev.
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19## Why samber/lo
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21Go's stdlib `slices` and `maps` packages cover ~10 basic helpers (sort, contains, keys). Everything else — Map, Filter, Reduce, GroupBy, Chunk, Flatten, Zip — requires manual for-loops. `lo` fills this gap:
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