My first car was a 2002 Honda Civic, bottom of the line. Aside from automatic transmission, everything - doors, locks, and so on - was manual. It didn't have a CD player or even A/C. You might say it was a simple car.
At first I loved its simplicity. It did its basic function (getting me from one place to another) quite well. I drove it only occasionally, as I was in college, and it didn't fail me in any way.
Then I graduated and got a job, and started commuting. Once I found myself driving that car every single day, I started to resent its simplicity. In a few occasions it bit me in the ass - one time, my passenger forgot to lock their door after getting out, and overnight someone got in and rummaged through the car and stole a bunch of stuff. That would not have happened if it had automatic locks!
That's how I feel about Go: if you're writing simple microservices occasionally, then it's a good language. But as usage becomes more frequent and serious, the simplicity starts to seriously hold one back. I understand the reasons behind that simplicity, but, as with all things, too much of a good thing can in fact be bad.
At first I loved its simplicity. It did its basic function (getting me from one place to another) quite well. I drove it only occasionally, as I was in college, and it didn't fail me in any way.
Then I graduated and got a job, and started commuting. Once I found myself driving that car every single day, I started to resent its simplicity. In a few occasions it bit me in the ass - one time, my passenger forgot to lock their door after getting out, and overnight someone got in and rummaged through the car and stole a bunch of stuff. That would not have happened if it had automatic locks!
That's how I feel about Go: if you're writing simple microservices occasionally, then it's a good language. But as usage becomes more frequent and serious, the simplicity starts to seriously hold one back. I understand the reasons behind that simplicity, but, as with all things, too much of a good thing can in fact be bad.