Introducing Torpedo: A Golang Framework Born Out of Frustration with Messy Codebases

As a developer, I've spent countless hours wrestling with tangled codebases, trying to untangle business logic from the clutter of external dependencies like databases, APIs, and frontends. The deeper I went into complex projects, the more I realized how hard it was to keep things organized and maintainable over time. That’s when I started exploring architectural patterns that could help me build applications with a cleaner, more sustainable structure.

After discovering Hexagonal Architecture (aka Ports and Adapters), everything clicked. This architecture allowed me to separate my core business logic from the outside world, making my projects far more modular, testable, and adaptable. But even with this newfound clarity, implementing the architecture in Golang wasn’t as straightforward as I had hoped. I wanted a framework that embraced this pattern from the ground up—something that would not only speed up my development process but also ensure I was sticking to the principles of clean architecture without reinventing the wheel every time.

That’s how This file allows developers to define their domain entities in a clear, concise manner, specifying attributes and relationships without getting bogged down in boilerplate code. Once the entity schema is defined, Torpedo takes over, automatically generating the corresponding Go structs, repositories, and CRUD operations (Create, Read, Update, Delete) for each entity. This eliminates the need to manually write repetitive code, speeds up development, and ensures that the generated code is aligned with the Hexagonal Architecture principles—keeping your business logic clean and independent from infrastructure concerns.