Various code cleanups and modernisations #176


	name: Platform Tests
	on: [push, pull_request]
	permissions:
	contents: read

	jobs:
	platform_tests:
	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
	strategy:
	fail-fast: false
	matrix:
	go-version: ['1.19.x', '1.22.x']

	steps:
	- uses: actions/checkout@v4
	with:
	persist-credentials: false
	- uses: WillAbides/setup-go-faster@v1
	with:
	go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}

	- name: Get dependencies
	run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install bsdiff

	- name: Test
	run: go test -tags ci ./...

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