Stories by Ade Mawan on Medium

The Cost of Abstraction: When to Break SOLID Rules in High-Performance Go

Ade Mawan — Sat, 31 Oct 2026 16:09:19 GMT

We obsess over clean architecture — and pay the price in latency. Here is when to choose raw speed instead.

Ade Mawan — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 04:25:16 GMT

Think your PHP stack is secure? These fresh 2026 exploits say otherwise — here is your emergency security checklist.

Ade Mawan — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 17:23:58 GMT

Clean Architecture and DDD explained together — finally clear, practical, and with real code examples.

Ade Mawan — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 07:27:26 GMT

Think TDD is just about testing? Think again. Here is how writing a failing test first actually builds bulletproof software design.

Ade Mawan — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 14:29:34 GMT

I tried 3 ways to structure external API calls in Go — only one of them survives Clean Architecture.

Ade Mawan — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 11:33:09 GMT

I implemented Repository Pattern in Go the wrong way first — here’s exactly what I’d change and why it matters.

Ade Mawan — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 03:39:28 GMT

I benchmarked GORM, ent, sqlx, and raw SQL in Go — here’s the ORM that actually earned my trust, and why.

Ade Mawan — Mon, 03 Aug 2026 09:12:42 GMT

sqlc generates type-safe Go code from your SQL queries — no struct tags, no manual scanning, no runtime mismatches.

Ade Mawan — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:41:23 GMT

A hands-on Go experiment comparing interfaces-everywhere against interfaces-where-needed — the results might change how you code.

Ade Mawan — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:22:15 GMT

I made every mistake in Go’s external service layer so you do not have to — here is what I learned.