Thoughts and Case Studies on Backend Development in Go.
Building a Go application is one thing; building a brand is another. This is the story of how my personal developer portfolio, `danpages`, went from a URL to a real-world identity, complete with business cards, a mascot, and one hilarious, career-defining typo.
My browser-based game, Operation Corporation, was growing. The features were getting more complex, but the code wasn't. It was a single, monolithic `main.go` file. Here's the story of why and how I refactored it into a professional, scalable, and maintainable Go application.
Some ideas never really leave you. For me, it was a business simulation game I first tried to code in PHP as a teenager, inspired by an online game called *Project Rockstar*. Two decades, one serious illness, and a dusty hard drive later, I decided to finally build that dream. This time, from scratch, and in a language I had never used before: **Go**. This is the story of "Operation Corporation," a project that has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.
Well, nearly there with personal website.