chore: upgrade to Go 1.24 and update controller-gen

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.github/workflows/unit-test.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Set up Go 1.x
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
-        go-version: 1.21
+        go-version: 1.24
 
     - name: Check out code into the Go module directory
       uses: actions/checkout@v4

.gitignore

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 vendor
 vendor/*
 .DS_Store
-*.idea
+*.idea
+.windsurfrules

Dockerfile

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 # Build the manager binary
-FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.21 as builder
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.24 as builder
 ARG TARGETOS TARGETARCH
 WORKDIR /workspace
 # Copy the Go Modules manifests

Makefile

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 export GO111MODULE=on
 
-CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION := v0.4.1
+CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION := v0.14.0
 GO_MIN_VERSION := 12000 # go1.20
 
 define generate_int_from_semver
@@ -106,26 +106,16 @@ docker-build:
 docker-push:
 	docker push ${IMG}
 
-.PHONY: check-controller-gen
-check-controller-gen:
-	@if [ $(CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION_CHECK) -eq 0 ]; then \
-	    echo "Need to upgrade controller-gen to $(CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION) or higher"; \
-	    exit 1; \
-	fi
+LOCALBIN = $(shell pwd)/bin
+$(LOCALBIN):
+	mkdir -p $(LOCALBIN)
 
-# find or download controller-gen
-# download controller-gen if necessary
+# Update controller-gen installation to better support ARM architectures
+CONTROLLER_GEN = $(shell pwd)/bin/controller-gen
 .PHONY: controller-gen
-controller-gen: controller-gen-find check-controller-gen
-
-.PHONY: controller-gen-real
-controller-gen-find:
-ifeq (, $(shell which controller-gen))
-	go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@$(CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION)
-CONTROLLER_GEN=$(shell go env GOPATH)/bin/controller-gen
-else
-CONTROLLER_GEN=$(shell which controller-gen)
-endif
+controller-gen: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) ## Download controller-gen locally if necessary. If wrong version is installed, it will be overwritten.
+$(CONTROLLER_GEN): $(LOCALBIN)
+	GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install sigs.k8s.io/controller-tools/cmd/controller-gen@$(CONTROLLER_GEN_VERSION)
 
 .PHONY: check-go
 check-go: