Go Isn’t Ready for Web Development

Go has won the hearts of backend engineers for its simplicity, performance, and concurrency model. It powers some of the largest infrastructures in the world — Kubernetes, Docker, and even parts of Cloudflare. Yet, when it comes to web development frameworks, Go still lags far behind ecosystems like Node.js, Deno, or Rust’s Actix and Axum.

This isn’t about language performance — Go is fast. The problem lies in developer experience, ecosystem maturity, and flexibility. Let’s dig into why Go isn’t ready for prime-time web development.

The Frameworks: Gin, Echo, Fiber

If you’ve written Go web servers, chances are you’ve used one of these:

// Gin Example
r := gin.Default()
r.GET("/hello", func(c *gin.Context) {
c.JSON(200, gin.H{"message": "Hello, World!"})
})
r.Run()

Compare that with Express in Node.js:

// Express Example
const express = require('express')
const app = express()

app.get('/hello', (req, res) => {
res.json({ message: "Hello, World!" })
})

app.listen(3000)

At first glance, they look similar. But once you start building larger applications, the cracks in Go frameworks show:

• Lack of middlewares: Express/Deno ecosystems have thousands of high-quality, plug-and-play…