You "can" forget to check an error, but in practice I've never seen it happen. The error check always happens after it is assigned so a missing check stands ou

You "can" forget to check an error, but in practice I've never seen it happen. The error check always happens after it is assigned so a missing check stands out like a clown at a funeral, and as a bonus there are linters that check for missed errors, which is trivial due to how Go and Go errors work.