I use it all the time indirectly when using a map or working with JSON. I don't find it all that messy to work with. If you're talking about type assertions, I

I use it all the time indirectly when using a map or working with JSON. I don't find it all that messy to work with. If you're talking about type assertions, I don't use them all that much but they do come up. It doesn't require much boilerplate or special handling. If the assertion fails I return an error like I do everywhere else.