What were you using before Go? I notice in the relies that a lot of people are coming from Python. Did you consider using Java? And if so what made you use Go in the end?
- I didn't love the Java tooling at the time. Maven for example. - I don't love OOP. Go has just enough OOP patterns for me.
I tried Go as an experiment, but didn't know it would become my go-to language. What I found was super fast build times (big win), built in testing, and a simple language that almost anyone can understand (versus the relative sophistication of something like Scala).