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The simplicity of single-file Golang deployments

by Stephan Schmidt amazingcto.com published 2025-08-013 min read

Deploy Go apps as single static binaries with systemd. No Docker, no npm, zero-downtime via socket activation. Modern complexity is often unnecessary.

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