diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index dbc3f287..3d1969d7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Lint
         run: staticcheck -tests -show-ignored ./...
       - name: Build
-        run: build -v ./...
+        run: go build -v ./...
 
   actions:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94c160b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+name: Release (and build Golang binaries)
+# This workflow should eventually replace the one in release.yml completely.
+
+permissions:
+  contents: "write"
+
+# Eventually this workflow will only be run when a
+#on:
+#  push:
+#    tags:
+#    - 'v[0-9]+.*'
+# Typically we'd only want to build binaries and a release when a new tag is
+# pushed. But since this is a new projectu I'm doing it on every new commit to
+# the master branch. This will make it easy to download and test binaries for
+# each new version.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+# TODO: Uncomment once this is merged and we're ready to prepare the first
+# public tagged version of the Golang implementation.
+#jobs:
+#  release:
+#    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+#    steps:
+#      - uses: GoogleCloudPlatform/release-please-action@v4
+#        name: create release
+#        with:
+#          release-type: simple
+#          bump-minor-pre-major: true # remove this to enable breaking changes causing 1.0.0 tag
+#          changelog-types: |
+#            [
+#              { "type": "feat", "section": "Features", "hidden": false },
+#              { "type": "fix", "section": "Patches", "hidden": false },
+#              { "type": "docs", "section": "Documentation", "hidden": false }
+#            ]
+#          extra-files: |
+#            SECURITY.md
+#            docs/guide/getting-started.md
+#            docs/pt-br/guide/getting-started.md
+#            docs/zh-hans/guide/getting-started.md
+
+jobs:
+
+  create-release:
+    name: create-release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    # env:
+    # Set to force version number, e.g., when no tag exists.
+    #   ASDF_VERSION: TEST-0.1.0
+    outputs:
+      upload_url: ${{ steps.release.outputs.upload_url }}
+      asdf_version: ${{ env.ASDF_VERSION }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Get the release version from the tag
+        shell: bash
+        if: env.ASDF_VERSION == ''
+        run: |
+          # Apparently, this is the right way to get a tag name. Really?
+          #
+          # See: https://github.community/t5/GitHub-Actions/How-to-get-just-the-tag-name/m-p/32167/highlight/true#M1027
+          #echo "ASDF_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "ASDF_VERSION=$GITHUB_SHA" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "version is: ${{ env.ASDF_VERSION }}"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Create GitHub release
+        id: release
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag: ${{ env.ASDF_VERSION }}
+          name: ${{ env.ASDF_VERSION }}
+
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      -
+        name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      -
+        name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.21.5'
+      -
+        name: Run GoReleaser
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v5
+        with:
+          # either 'goreleaser' (default) or 'goreleaser-pro'
+          distribution: goreleaser
+          version: latest
+          args: release --clean
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 69ca2959..2e1e0325 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,3 +6,5 @@ repository
 .vagrant
 keyrings
 /tmp
+
+dist/
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4094b769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# This is an example .goreleaser.yml file with some sensible defaults.
+# Make sure to check the documentation at https://goreleaser.com
+
+# The lines below are called `modelines`. See `:help modeline`
+# Feel free to remove those if you don't want/need to use them.
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://goreleaser.com/static/schema.json
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 tw=0 fo=cnqoj
+
+version: 1
+
+before:
+  hooks:
+    # You may remove this if you don't use go modules.
+    - go mod tidy
+    # you may remove this if you don't need go generate
+    - go generate ./...
+
+builds:
+  - env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    goos:
+      - linux
+      - windows
+      - darwin
+
+archives:
+  - format: tar.gz
+    # this name template makes the OS and Arch compatible with the results of `uname`.
+    name_template: >-
+      {{ .ProjectName }}_
+      {{- title .Os }}_
+      {{- if eq .Arch "amd64" }}x86_64
+      {{- else if eq .Arch "386" }}i386
+      {{- else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }}
+      {{- if .Arm }}v{{ .Arm }}{{ end }}
+    # use zip for windows archives
+    format_overrides:
+      - goos: windows
+        format: zip
+
+changelog:
+  sort: asc
+  filters:
+    exclude:
+      - "^docs:"
+      - "^test:"
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db9d76ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package main
+
+import "fmt"
+
+// Placeholder for the real code
+func main() {
+	fmt.Println("Late but latest -- Rajinikanth")
+}