> Also, with how far AI code helpers have come, boilerplate is even less of an issue.

Couldn't agree more.

With how far on-the-fly code generation powered by LLMs has gotten, the oh-so-dreaded "boilerplate" has become an absolute non-issue, especialy in straightforward, explicit languages with little magic like Go, which naturally lend themselves to this kind of code generation.

Best of both worlds: Explicit instructions and less "magic at a distance", and productivity by getting things done fast.