Go's standard library is spectacular. Java could be as easy as Go to write quick micro-services, utilities etc if all the HTTP client and server stuff were part

Go's standard library is spectacular. Java could be as easy as Go to write quick micro-services, utilities etc if all the HTTP client and server stuff were part of the standard library. If Java had offered a Java -> native option right out of the box (instead of installing and setting up GraalVM), Go would have had difficulty in achieving the adoption it had today. Go lang also made some fundamental re-useable interfaces that are leveraged across all its packages making the stdlib consistent to learn. I still prefer Java though - because Intellij rocks and I am personally faster with development. But for newbies, golang is easier.