Sql

Introduction # In the landscape of modern backend development, the database often becomes the first bottleneck as your application scales. While Go (Golang) is celebrated for its concurrency model and raw performance, its standard library package database/sql is frequently misunderstood. It is not just a connector; it is a sophisticated connection pool manager.

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.