How to reduce compiled file size?

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If you are using a Unix-based system (e.g. Linux or Mac OSX) you could try removing the debugging information included in the executable by building it with the -w flag:

go build -ldflags "-w" prog.go

The file sizes are reduced dramatically.

For more details visit the GDB’s page: http://golang.org/doc/gdb

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