WebGuide
Route Organization for Larger Go Web Applications Cleanly
Organize routes in a growing Go web app with a small Group helper on top of ServeMux, one routes method per feature, shared middleware and a route table test.
14 min read
Topic
Architecture
Project layout, package boundaries, dependency injection and when to split a service. Opinions, with the cost of each one stated.
APIs
Async Jobs in Go APIs With 202 Accepted and Polling
Run long work behind a Go API with 202 Accepted: a bounded worker pool, a pollable job resource, Retry-After, idempotency keys, cancellation, clean shutdown.
16 min read
Web
Host Based Routing and Multi Tenant Servers in Go Apps
Resolve the tenant from the Host header in a Go server, with subdomains and custom domains, safe fallbacks, a context value and rules for unknown hosts.
7 min read
WebGuide
Dependency Injection in Go Handlers Without a Framework
Give HTTP handlers their database, logger and clients through struct fields or closures, wire everything in main, test with fakes and avoid globals.
14 min read
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