If you have been working with Node.js for a while, you know the ecosystem shifts rapidly. What was “best practice” in 2023 might be considered legacy technical debt today.
Configuration management is the silent backbone of any robust backend application. If you’ve ever accidentally committed an API key to GitHub or spent hours debugging why your application is connecting to the production database while running locally, this article is for you.
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.
