> but isn't as purpose-suited to network services as Go
Why?
+1. In terms of development speed, Node + Axios is lightyears ahead. It's like 5 lines of code to send a JSON payload via http, vs 15+ in Go. The Javascript version is much likely to be correct as well, since it doesn't let you forget to check any of the three errors, or forget to check the http status of the response.
there is nothing wrong with Go; it delivers on its promise, you don't need to be a genius to use it, has good community support, and you can get access to a large and decent job market
Rust is a great tool but isn't as purpose-suited to network services as Go
Zig is even less purpose-suited to writing network services and won't be at Go's level of maturity for years, if ever
If a backend dev could only know one language in 2023, it would be hard to go wrong with Go