Laravel vs Golang: When to Add Features in Each?
Answer-first: Continue building in Laravel for 90% of new features — business logic, admin panels, complex workflows, reporting. Switch to Golang only when the new feature requires > 1,000 concurrent users, a sub-20ms latency SLA, or needs to scale completely independently from the rest of the system. The right mental model is not “Laravel or Go” — it is “Go for the right service.” What You’ll Learn That AI Won’t Tell You 3 specific cases where Laravel still beats Go — even at significant scale. Why the correct pattern is Strangler Fig (run both), not a rewrite. This post is part of the Magento to Go Migration series — a CTO playbook for migrating with a Vietnam engineering team. ...