A better answer would be some recommendations for component pieces. e.g., I will need most of the essential things in https://github.com/go-chi/chi https://gith

A better answer would be some recommendations for component pieces. e.g., I will need most of the essential things in https://github.com/go-chi/chi https://github.com/go-chi/chi, so why bother rolling a version myself? The same goes for things like sqlx. I'm averse to leaning on a "framework," but do find good value in targeted libraries.