Go Patterns

Idiomatic Go patterns extracted from the Go standard library source code with verified file:line citations.

Structure

• patterns/ — Go stdlib patterns (interfaces, errors, concurrency, structs, testing, docs, style, API conventions, packages)
• smells/ — Anti-patterns and common Go mistakes
• changelog/ — Daily digest of merged Go PRs

Philosophy

These rules are derived from what the Go standard library actually does, not opinions or blog posts. Every pattern cites specific files and line numbers.

When unsure how to do something in Go, look at how the standard library does it.