plugin-architecture — 2 Technical Articles

Jan 3, 2026 · Backend Development

Build‑Time Plugin Architecture in Go: Leveraging Build Tags and go generate

This article explains how to create a static, compile‑time plugin system in Go by combining build tags and go generate, detailing the rationale, design goals, step‑by‑step implementation, CI usage, and scenarios where this approach is appropriate or not.

build-tagsgo-generatemodular design

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Build‑Time Plugin Architecture in Go: Leveraging Build Tags and go generate

Alibaba Cloud Observability

May 29, 2024 · Cloud Native

Why iLogtail Needed a Complete Architecture Overhaul and How It Was Done

This article explains the evolution of iLogtail from a single‑file collector to a multi‑language, plugin‑based observability pipeline, outlines the motivations for refactoring, describes the new unified data model, plugin abstractions, pipeline design, configuration management, hot‑reload mechanisms, and the separation of enterprise and open‑source code, providing a comprehensive view of the architectural upgrade.

C++Configuration ManagementGolang

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Why iLogtail Needed a Complete Architecture Overhaul and How It Was Done