IMO this sums up one of the biggest benefits with Go, and unfortunately goes against your own point. There's no need to know about a variety of community built

IMO this sums up one of the biggest benefits with Go, and unfortunately goes against your own point. There's no need to know about a variety of community built tools, or what's the "best solution" in language X - the std lib gives you what you need. You can stand up a service quickly because it's simple, and there's no "in knowledge" required.