Point being that something which could be easily slipped-in with a more dynamic language triggers a total re-wrap in Go, or punting to an outside system like yo

Point being that something which could be easily slipped-in with a more dynamic language triggers a total re-wrap in Go, or punting to an outside system like your example. Not hating on it though. I like Go for network-y things. edit: And in your example, is it a clear win to centralize compression at the proxy?