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Two years ago I had my first contact with Golang. I used it for microfrontends in which I generated SSR components for React using Golang and the V8 engine (before React Server Components appeared). Golang served the frontend with data. I was building a large European e-commerce this way, but as it happens in such situations - after some time I knew that I could do some things better.

Last week I published documentation of the Riupress UI library that I created some time ago for the purpose of quickly producing my own projects. The library is based on Vue (TypeScript) and Tailwind, and the Atomic Design architecture.

HTMX is a library that allows you to access modern browser features directly from HTML, rather than using javascript. HTMX gives you access to AJAX, CSS Transitions, WebSockets and Server Sent Events directly in HTML, using attributes, so you can build modern user interfaces with the simplicity and power of hypertext.

Shopify, the leading e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems introduced Sidekick. It's an artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that can answer merchant queries, provide sales insights, and update store settings with natural language commands.

Tools and solutions in programming should always be selected for specific needs. Changing technology and constant evolution are big challenges for any programmer, developer, engineer, as the tools to meet those needs change. That is why when I first took a serious look at the Golang language I knew right away. This will be a longer relationship.