I get what you mean there. For the stuff Go is good at, it's very nice to work with. But for the stuff it's not so great at, it's often just a pain. While this

I get what you mean there. For the stuff Go is good at, it's very nice to work with. But for the stuff it's not so great at, it's often just a pain. While this is true for most / all languages, it feels more apparent in Go since it's very inflexible outside of the Go idiom. I guess a fair comparison would be like Linux how the many flavours others users variety and freedom, but it also complicates and often introduces subtle incompatibilities (albeit usually resolvable if you know what you're doing). And similarly the Go idiot is a double edged sword that sometimes enables it's users, and sometimes hinders.