Clean Code: Package Architecture, Dependency Flow, and Scalability, Part 4

Why Import Cycles Hurt

I’ve spent countless hours helping teams untangle circular dependencies in their Go projects. “Can’t load package: import cycle not allowed” — if you’ve seen this error, you know how painful it is to refactor tangled dependencies. Go is merciless: no circular imports, period. And this isn’t a bug, it’s a feature that forces you to think about architecture.

Common package organization mistakes I’ve seen: