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Aleksei Aleinikov
Aleksei Aleinikov

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πŸ”€ Go Build Tags: One Repo, Many Realities

One binary for dev, another for prod. Native crypto on Linux, SQLite for CI, embedded React in release builds. No if, just //go:build.

🧩 Real examples:
β€’ Switch DB drivers without touching code
β€’ Debug vs prod logging β€” cleanly
β€’ Shrink binaries by excluding unused deps
β€’ Native vs pure-Go crypto with a tag
β€’ Serve UI from memory or proxy from localhost

✨ Your Go project in 2025 should shape-shift β€” this is how:
https://levelup.gitconnected.com/build-once-run-anywhere-go-tag-tricks-for-2025-projects-23c3345df058

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