I think it’s kind of akin to the premature optimization people do when they think they have ‘big data’, but really don’t. If you’re really doing heavy list pro

I think it’s kind of akin to the premature optimization people do when they think they have ‘big data’, but really don’t. If you’re really doing heavy list processing, transforming complex data structures, etc., then you’re probably going to miss map, reduce, and friends. But for most real world problems, the code is faster to write, faster to run, and easier to understand with a few dumb loops. It’s always tempting to do things the clever way, but Go made me realize how rarely it’s actually beneficial.