PP Go-Example Redux Meeting Notes

goexample_redux_meeting.md

#PP Gophers Meeting

##Agenda

• Request for items
• PP Go-Example Redux code walk-through
• PP Go-Example Redux discussion
• Next meeting lead

##PP Go-Example Redux

• restate goals:
  • minimal
  • simplified, cleaner code
  • more idiomatic
  • remove db code
  • production readiness (or as close to it as possible)
    • graceful process control
    • bugsnag integration
    • exe-only docker images
  • avoid premature abstractions and optimizations
• project/directory structure
  • PR
  • Branch
• discussion points
  • server package Server struct vs funcs
  • recover wrapper middleware? do we really need it? "let it crash"? -- no, but need better restart
  • context wrapper [middleware]
  • include a sample 'business logic' package (that uses context)??
  • verify README instructions
  • env configs
    • port (req)
    • env (req)
  • docker & stats
• the future
  • tls (nginx?)
  • codegen, gopp new foobar
  • more env configs
  • some background on services based on this (for specific examples)

##Action Items & Follow-Ups

• assign next meeting lead
• improve auth request middleware & stats [ay]
• error codes in request stats [ay]
• update data response with experiments reflection magic [jen]
• paginated response type (from pricegun) [chris]
• for now exclude rate limit middleware
• no server struct [jd]
• context wrapper middleware -- request id, passed from rails [carlos]
• add example biz package that uses context and is wired to a handler [jd]
• incl changelog [ay]
• support head health check? [paul w]
• add MAINTAINERS file [jd]
• include error codes in README API section [jd/chris]
• "how to contribute" section in README [jd]
• how to clone this thing in README [jd]