Go Best Practices

Pattern	When to apply
Minimal main	New binaries
Single bootstrap	App wiring across modes
Ordered shutdown	Long-running processes
Non-blocking fanout	Channel-based event systems
Concurrency testing	Any goroutine code
Layered config	Multi-source configuration
Cross-platform paths	File/config path resolution
Secure debug logging	HTTP client instrumentation
Golden test matrices	Rendering / output components
Focused linters	CI pipeline setup

Read references/patterns.md for code examples.

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