You can always use exhaustruct https://github.com/GaijinEntertainment/go-exhaustruct https://github.com/GaijinEntertainment/go-exhaustruct to enforce all field

You can always use exhaustruct https://github.com/GaijinEntertainment/go-exhaustruct https://github.com/GaijinEntertainment/go-exhaustruct to enforce all fields initialized. If you care, the linter is there, so this is more of a skill issue.