Like all things superficial, the more time you spend looking at something, the more the visual appeal (or lack thereof) normalises to average. I think one tang

Like all things superficial, the more time you spend looking at something, the more the visual appeal (or lack thereof) normalises to average. I think one tangibly good thing about Go though is how readable it is and how easy it is to grok, even with all the error handling boilerplate. I'd argue that Rust is also very readable though, and if the features of the language appeal to you I'd suggest giving it some time to get over the visual hurdle. From a personal standpoint having spent years working in both languages, it's rare I'll choose Go over Rust nowadays purely for practical reasons. I'm roughly equally productive in both, but the end result tends to be much more performant, maintainable and robust on the Rust side.