Panics are supposed to be launched on an "end all work on this; code path is FUBAR". On a web server that usually means dropping the connection, logging everyth

Panics are supposed to be launched on an "end all work on this; code path is FUBAR". On a web server that usually means dropping the connection, logging everything and firing an automated e-mail to the dev team to notify there's a bug in the code that needs to be fixed. All other error conditions are expected and handled. That's what Go's error handling philosophy is all about.