[mort96]

Hmm, I think I understand where we have a misunderstanding. I - and presumably many others - interpreted the article to make the claim that newer Go versions are producing more bloated Go executables. There are multiple parts of the article which can be read that way. But if you're not doing that, and you're just trying to investigate why the CockroachDB binary is getting bigger over time, then that's a different matter.

I'm not going to respond point by point because those points are kind of moot if my accusations were based on an incorrect reading.