--- title: My favorite Go Backend architecture pattern | daily.dev description: A Go developer with 3+ years of backend experience shares their preferred layered architecture pattern for Go projects. The pattern uses three layers — Handler... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/duvyixxeu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: My favorite Go Backend architecture pattern | daily.dev og:description: A Go developer with 3+ years of backend experience shares their preferred layered architecture pattern for Go projects. The pattern uses three layers — Handler... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/duvyixxeu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DUvyIXxeu.png og:image:alt: Post cover image og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # My favorite Go Backend architecture pattern **[scopespace](https://daily.dev/sources/scope_space)** · [@fab978](https://daily.dev/fab978) · 235 upvotes · 12 comments ## Summary A Go developer with 3+ years of backend experience shares their preferred layered architecture pattern for Go projects. The pattern uses three layers — Handler (Controller), Service, and Repository — each backed by an interface and a single shared struct using Go's embedding feature. Code examples show how Gin is used for routing, GORM for database access, and how interfaces enable easy mocking for unit tests. A shared 'pkg' package pattern using functional options (InitialOption) is also demonstrated for reusable integrations. The post also honestly discusses a known limitation: handling database transactions that span business logic across Service and Repository layers is awkward compared to Spring Boot's @Transactional annotation. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@stephenvuong** · 14 upvotes > Should be `NewServices()` returning `Services`. **@bob72** · 7 upvotes > Your AI generated sloppy image does not make any sense. > > Also, using mockery is a nightmare, at some point you can't trust tests anymore, proper integration tests must be implemented. **@secondinstance** · 3 upvotes > I prefer GoFiber over all other frameworks for Go. **@clarkesp** · 1 upvotes > My Ai says you are wrong **@evgenylugin** · 1 upvotes > Don’t use GORM. 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