This is the first in a series of articles about writing a small reading list app in Go for personal use. This is the first part of a series of articles about writing a small web app in Go for personal use. When we’re done you’ll be able to deploy your version on your home lab, or maybe on one of the fine services that hosts small apps like this.

What’s going on here? This newsletter is for Go hackers looking for: how-to guides for implementing development workflows, some background on why those workflows work and when they fit, explanations of high-level design patterns – especially in web applications, and how-to guides for implementing those patterns. What’s a quick and effective way to launch a new Go web project with tests and CI enabled from the start? What should you put into a Makefile?