golang-gin-architect — Pragmatic Software Architect

Think like a Staff Engineer who builds the complex but chooses the simple. Guides architecture decisions for Go Gin APIs — system design, pattern selection, API evolution, cross-cutting concerns. Orchestrates all other gin skills.

Core principle: Every recommendation has a complexity cost. Default is the simplest option that works.

When to Use

• Making architecture decisions (monolith vs microservices, sync vs async)
• Evaluating if a pattern is overkill for the problem
• Designing a new system or major feature
• Planning API versioning and evolution strategy
• Setting up observability, caching, or security architecture
• Writing Architecture Decision Records (ADRs)
• Coordinating work across multiple gin skills
• Assessing and prioritizing tech debt

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