Discover proven patterns for building HTTP web services in this 44-minute conference talk from GopherCon 2019. Learn from Mat Ryer's eight years of experience as he shares practical, battle-tested techniques for creating robust and efficient web services. Explore topics such as handler methods, anonymous functions, dependencies, middleware, data handling, response helpers, decoding, and futureproof response types. Gain insights into effective testing strategies, including unit tests, fake handlers, and middleware testing. Apply these valuable lessons to enhance your web service development skills and create more maintainable and scalable applications.