Mastering Configuration in Go: Viper vs. Pure Environment Variables
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Mastering Configuration in Go: Viper vs. Pure Environment Variables # In the landscape of modern backend development, configuration management is the silent backbone of your application. As we step into 2026, the ecosystem has matured significantly. The days of hardcoding credentials are (thankfully) long gone, but the debate between “batteries-included” frameworks and “minimalist” standard library approaches rages on.