[throwawaygal7]

In go, you either handle the error where it happens or close to it, or log it. No need to pass things up just to log. I like the simplicity, and the zero cost at runtime. If you could handle the error in another lang you could handle it in go, or youd just supress or log it anyway.

[erik_seaberg]

In a microservice, almost all errors are handled by doing nothing and returning the error to the caller. Retrying may be an option, but you have to be careful not to make your system into a cascading failure amplifier.