01
Why rewrite
The rewrite was an opportunity to make application startup, dependencies and failure modes explicit while keeping the service small and approachable.
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Backend · Systems design
Go backend platform
A deliberate backend rewrite focused on predictable startup, clear boundaries and production behaviour.
- Role
- Backend Engineer
- Focus
- Backend · DevOps
02
Service architecture
- Structured configuration
- Versioned REST routes
- PostgreSQL migrations
- Health and readiness endpoints
03
Production behaviour
HTTP timeouts, signal handling and graceful shutdown are part of the initial design. Containers receive a clear lifecycle and in-flight work can finish safely.
04
Next steps
Authentication and broader integration tests are being developed alongside the domain model.
Toolkit
Technologies
GochiPostgreSQLDockerREST
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