1. Quality
We are here to outdo LiteLLM, and quality is how we get there. An AI gateway does not have to be written in Python. Go was chosen because runtime behavior, deployment shape, and long-term maintainability matter. The jar is a useful reminder: if you fill it with sand first, the larger stones will not fit later. In GoModel, the big stones are experience, programming language and architecture. The sand is the smaller work: features, functions, tests, and fixes. Big stones come first.We still respect LiteLLM and people behind it. They got there first, helped a
lot of builders ship fast, and proved the category mattered.