Last Updated: May 22, 2026
UDP is the other transport protocol Go's net package speaks fluently. Unlike TCP, it's connectionless, message-oriented, and offers no delivery guarantees, which makes it a fit for telemetry, price ticks, and quick availability probes where speed beats reliability. This lesson covers how to build a UDP server in Go, how its single-socket model differs from TCP, and what trade-offs come with packet loss and size limits.