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Go cert chain validator

A GitHub Action that catches distrusted SPKIs in Go builds before deployment. Prevents outages from certificate chain rejections.

Why now

Go's stricter certificate policies will break older deployments unless checked early.

Who for
Go developers
Business model
Paid GitHub App
Effort
A weekend

DevOps teams waste hours debugging TLS failures after Go updates.

Create a CI plugin that scans dependencies for soon-to-be-revoked certs, mirroring Go's distrusted SPKI list.

Monetize through team plans for private repo support.

Launch with a free public repo scanner.

Challenge: Niche to Go ecosystem.

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