Why Go is finally poised to be the best backend Programming Language

Go, the next level, dawg, in backend development. Go is arguably one of the best, if not the best, backend frameworks in my opinion. Go has got it all to be the OG framework for backend developers. However, it is not currently receiving the level of worship it deserves.

Ever since Go was released, there has been very little to no programming language that has offered features in a game-changing way that Go has done. Some developers will hear this and say, Maybe Rust is better.

Go has got it all to be the best thing that ever happened to backend development, and in today's post, I will go over 5 reasons why I believe that Go is the ultimate programming language for backend developers.

• Go is incredibly easy to get started with: If you are a programmer with enough experience using at least one other programming language, you will find out that using Go for the first time is very easy. You just have to download and install the Go executable to begin building apps with Go. All this can be done in less than 5 minutes (I have a full video on that if you’d like to get started using Go). This makes it very easy for beginners to get started using the programming language. Even if it’s your first time building a backend, trust me, it will not be so much of a bumpy ride.
• Elegant Syntax: Go has an angelic syntax that ensures that code is written in an imperative and procedural style, ensuring that code is written step by step. Go’s design centers on explicit control flow: loops, conditionals, direct state manipulation, and explicit error handling, a blessing and a curse. It also supports type inference, giving you an overall minimalistic and elegant code.
• Speed: Go has incredible compile and run time speed. The reason for Go's speed is its minimalist language design. There is no complex inheritance or exceptions. The dependency management ensures that imports are resolved directly from source code (no header files) with a fast dependency graph resolution via the go.mod` file. Its compiler architecture is a single-pass compiler with limited abstract syntax tree (AST) rewrites. It focuses on fast compilation over aggressive runtime optimizations (by default). Go compiles to standalone native executables with an embedded garbage collector, scheduler, and runtime with no external dependencies (unless using CGO).
• Concurrency Model: Go’s concurrency model is one of its game-changing features. Concurrency is not unique to Go; we already know this, but the way Go manages concurrency makes other languages drool. Go's concurrency model is indeed one of its most revolutionary features—a core design philosophy that fundamentally sets it apart from traditional threading models. The pillars of Go's concurrency are goroutines (not threads), which are lightweight: 2KB initial stack (grows/shrinks dynamically) vs. 1-2MB per OS thread compared to other traditional programming languages, and are managed by the Go runtime scheduled on OS threads (GOMAXPROCS workers), not the OS kernel. Then there are channels for communication with a shared memory. Go routines synchronize by passing data through type-safe pipes, which can be a bidirectional channel where send/receive operations synchronize execution automatically.
• Real-World Application and Big Tech Support: There is no shortage of applications built with Go that are currently being used today; most notably are

1. Docker is a containerization platform. Which chose Go because of its native networking and concurrency support for efficient container orchestration.

2. Kubernetes is a container orchestration system that chose go because of how it manages distributed clusters at scale and simplifies complex orchestration logic.

3. Hugo, a static site generator that chose Go for its blazing-fast build times (e.g., 1ms per page) for large content sites. Netflix integrates Go for backend services to reduce streaming latency. Dropbox migrated performance-critical components from Python to Go for better scalability. SendGrid processes 500M+ daily emails using Go’s concurrency model .

No programming language comes close to what this bad boy can do. Is it the way it is easy to set up and get started writing Go code, or is it its beginner-friendly approach that makes it a breeze to start building applications with the language, or its unique syntax that has the benefits of years of developer experience? Show some love to Go and leave your thoughts below in the comment section