The couple of things I've found (which are perhaps more niche) are the GC behavior of golang seems to be "nicer" / "easier" than that of java and I've found the

The couple of things I've found (which are perhaps more niche) are the GC behavior of golang seems to be "nicer" / "easier" than that of java and I've found the concurrency of the channels to be easier to use and more predictable than the N different concurrency constructs within Java proper (that isn't to say using something more akin to Quasar isn't a nice alternative). Like with any languages, there's lots of tradeoffs between systems. I would also suggest the "Java .. is faster" isn't always true.