I'm not sure about that. I don't tend to use an IDE, but the Go plugins for Sublime seem to do a pretty good job of identifying unidiomatic code and errors even

I'm not sure about that. I don't tend to use an IDE, but the Go plugins for Sublime seem to do a pretty good job of identifying unidiomatic code and errors even before saving, which is certainly a benefit. Gofmt is fabulous. The slog seems to be in the frequent feeling of 'why do I have to do this – surely the computer should be doing it for me?'. This is mostly around things like list comprehension, where it feels like using stone-age tools. It sucks, because the development story around e.g. goroutines and channels is so elegant in comparison.