Gorm

In the fast-paced world of software engineering, velocity is everything. While Go (Golang) is celebrated for its standard library—which is admittedly fantastic—sticking strictly to the “stdlib” can sometimes feel like reinventing the wheel, especially when deadlines are tight.

Mastering Database Migrations in Go: GORM Auto-Migration vs. Versioned SQL # If you are building a backend service in Go, managing your database schema is one of the most critical aspects of your architecture. In the early stages of a prototype, you might just drop the database and recreate it. But as we move into 2025 and beyond, applications demand high availability. You cannot simply drop a production database to add a column.