ardanlabs/service

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A Go starter kit from Ardan Labs for building production-grade, scalable web services using a domain-driven, data-oriented architecture designed to run on Kubernetes. It doubles as the codebase for Ardan Labs' Ultimate Service training class, demonstrating idiomatic Go patterns with minimal dependencies.

Use cases

• bootstrap a new production-grade Go web service
• learn idiomatic Go service architecture patterns
• scaffold a REST API backend in Go
• deploy a Go web service to Kubernetes
• study domain-driven design in Go
• reduce boilerplate when starting a Go microservice project

When to choose

• starting a new Go web service or microservice and want a proven, opinionated structure
• your team wants to follow Ardan Labs' domain-driven, data-oriented architecture
• you plan to run your service on Kubernetes from day one
• you want a training reference for production Go patterns

When to avoid

• you need a lightweight, unopinionated library rather than a full project skeleton
• your stack is not Go or you don't target Kubernetes
• you prefer assembling your own architecture from individual libraries
• you only need a small script or CLI tool, not a full web service

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