You Don't Need GORM, there is a better alternative

If you are still using GORM, Let me tell you there is a better alternative. Over the past few weeks I have been exploring the best way possible to communicate with my database. So I turned to benchmark results and take the most performant one off the shelf. But the problem was all of them had mixed views. Gorm was winning for how easy it is to bootstrap and supports multiple databases and where as sqlx and sqlc are were some of the popular libraries know for its speed. Hi, I am software engineer and been working with GoLang for 3 years. If you are still here and Enjoy the art of building and experimenting with Code. Please consider subscribing YouTube Channel. When building Go applications with PostgreSQL, GORM is often the go-to ORM because of its simplicity and developer-friendly API. However I had fare share of nightmares using ORMs especially with Postgres. This versatile database supports more essential Data-Types that are not natively supported in GORM. Of course you can implement custom type, but doesnt that defeat the whole purpose of Using GORM for simplicity. What is the best ORM? Flexibility over Queries and SQL Easy Schema Migrations Safety from SQL Injections The Inherent problem with every ORMs Complex unoptimised queries for simple requests Less flexibility for optimization Hard to execute rollbacks and transactions Why SQLc + pgx/v5 + atlas Less boilerplate Type safety Idiomatic Go Code Easier to understand and maintain Build Your Own ORM like Legos Here is what worked for me

May 13, 2025 - 21:30

You Don't Need GORM, there is a better alternative

If you are still using GORM, Let me tell you there is a better alternative. Over the past few weeks I have been exploring the best way possible to communicate with my database.
So I turned to benchmark results and take the most performant one off the shelf. But the problem was all of them had mixed views. Gorm was winning for how easy it is to bootstrap and supports multiple databases and where as sqlx and sqlc are were some of the popular libraries know for its speed.

Hi, I am software engineer and been working with GoLang for 3 years. If you are still here and Enjoy the art of building and experimenting with Code. Please consider subscribing YouTube Channel.

When building Go applications with PostgreSQL, GORM is often the go-to ORM because of its simplicity and developer-friendly API. However I had fare share of nightmares using ORMs especially with Postgres. This versatile database supports more essential Data-Types that are not natively supported in GORM.

Of course you can implement custom type, but doesnt that defeat the whole purpose of Using GORM for simplicity.

What is the best ORM?