Note that using a sqlite wrapper like https://github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 https://github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3, you also don't have any external dependencies and

Note that using a sqlite wrapper like https://github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3 https://github.com/mattn/go-sqlite3, you also don't have any external dependencies and your application still ships as a single binary. However, there are other advantages of a Go-native storage library (e.g., doesn't require cgo, better integration with tools like pprof, etc.)