Hey everyone! My buddy and I are building a movie and anime rating platform similar to popular review sites. We’ve already decided on PostgreSQL for our database but we’re stuck on picking the backend language. We’re torn between Go and Rust mainly because we want to expand our skills with these modern languages rather than sticking to familiar options like Python. Both seem powerful but we can’t figure out which one would be better suited for our project. Any thoughts or experiences with either language for web backend work?
what’s your timeline? and have u worked with these languages b4, or is this totally new for you? your experience level will def affect how the project goes.
totally get it! Go is more user-friendly for quick dev and has a great community. Rust is super powerful but the learning curve is a bit steeper. if you wanna launch faster, go with Go, you’ll save some headaches!
I built something similar last year and went with Go after comparing both. Go’s web ecosystem is just more mature - the standard library handles HTTP routing and JSON marshaling really well, plus frameworks like Gin or Echo get you up and running fast. PostgreSQL works great with libraries like pgx. Sure, Rust has better memory safety and performance, but for a rating platform that’s mostly CRUD operations and user sessions, Go’s simplicity won out. The compile times alone made iterating way smoother during MVP development.