In my opinion this is a misconception that I saw in other people approaching the language as well. The thing is: nobody should use "advanced" features. Using `r

In my opinion this is a misconception that I saw in other people approaching the language as well. The thing is: nobody should use "advanced" features. Using `reflect` should be reserved for exceptional case where it's not possible to solve the problem differently. This has been pointed out in the Go website and the mailing list bizillion times. That said, the language doesn't have many features. So if you want to show off your skill, it's probably by structuring the code concisely which can be challenging at times. Using reflect is actually the easy way out and most functions of that package can panic easily...