I have extensive experience with Go, Python, Java, and Scala. I write Scala and Java at my day job, and find I am far more productive in Go than either of these

I have extensive experience with Go, Python, Java, and Scala. I write Scala and Java at my day job, and find I am far more productive in Go than either of these. Your framing of the issue in terms of infrastructure projects vs. applications seems bizarre and simplistic. For example, one of the areas where Go shines is in highly concurrent, io-bound, networked services. Many examples of good use cases for Go in the wild: Kubernetes, CockroachDB, TiDB, etc. https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/why-go-was-the-right-choice-for-cockroachdb/ https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/why-go-was-the-right-choi...