Keep Building

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Sir Cook Alot (2025)

• MySQL
• Chi Router
• Host Router
• Redis
• GORM
• GOTP
• Go Validator
• Olympian
• Asynq
• Asynqmon
• AWS SES

Create .env from template

cp .env.example .env

Populate .env with appropriate values and run the server

go run server.go

Cook would be available on port 6666

I build a lot of random projects—most of them never make it past localhost. Eventually, I felt the need to pull out the commonly used pieces and turn them into a more structured template.

This setup probably won’t work for everyone—or maybe even most people writing Go—but I’m putting it out there anyway. It’s mainly for my own sanity, to help me spin up new projects faster.

• Lazy people
• Non-vibe coders

I would use this section to explain some not so obvious items.

You can find more details in the original documentation on the package’s GitHub page. That said, I’ve added a few custom validation rules of my own:

• array: checks that the JSON attribute is a valid array
• base64: checks that it’s a valid base64-encoded string
• uuid_array: checks that it’s an array of valid UUIDs
• array_unique_uuid: checks that it’s an array of unique UUIDs
• valid_future_timestamp: checks that it’s a valid timestamp in the future

In my (not-so-long) stint writing Go, I haven't found a migration library I actually like. I've tried a bunch—most of them expect you to write raw SQL like a caveman. Thing is, I came to Go after years of being pampered by Laravel's migration system.

Originally, I used a stripped-down Laravel project in a misc folder just to handle migrations. Eventually, I built Olympian—a proper Go migration tool that gives you that Laravel-style migration experience without the embedded PHP mess.

It's what this template uses by default, but you can swap it out for whatever you're more comfortable with.

Asynq is available by default when you run the server. However, the Asynqmon monitoring dashboard isn’t enabled out of the box. To turn it on, set the ASYNQMON_SERVICE key to true in your .env file. After that, restart the server, and Asynqmon will be available at port 6660.

This README was written while listening to LOCKED IN by Maison2500 (Apple Music, Spotify) not like it matters. There are a bunch of things I don't have the time to explain but I'm sure you'd figure out as you attempt to use this template.

Before Nothing, there was me
Trojan 𓂀