Don’t Treat .pb.go Files Like Your Own Child: A Go Protobuf Pitfall Guide
Using protobuf‑generated .pb.go structs directly in Go business code introduces zero‑value ambiguities, naming mismatches, and loss of encapsulation, leading to bugs and technical debt; the article explains these pitfalls with concrete examples and shows how to keep protobuf at the transport layer while mapping to clean domain models.
