> but there’s no denying that Go is much easier to program than Rust.

Well here I am to deny it. I personally find Go super hard to write anything that is not a few lines of glue code (and in that case I just reach for Node).

Rust made me lazy. It's just so easy to be guided by the compiler and the architecture that emerges naturally is just so beautiful and easy to navigate.

I don't like Rust for its safety guarantees, I just find it pleasurable to write and even better to read. Safety is just a plus.

I'm not saying this is a universal truth though, Rust just fits my mental model. It isn't even a matter of past experience: I code frontend JS for a living (though I've been exposed to all kinds of code throughout the years) and I actually enjoy JS.

I tried really hard to like Go. I just couldn't.