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I don't think that is a fair comparison for Brutalism. Programming's brutalism is more like Scheme: Simple, composable, sound and principled design. Golang is a "modern" McMansion: it tries to copy a modern style by unintelligently stripping away all ornamentation, but it doesn't understand the underlying theme of modernism and ultimately fails to achieve a coherent design.

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This is the HN thread I didn't know I needed until I saw it.

I often wonder how many of Brutalism's ardent fans grew up in an environment dense with Brutalist structures. I'm not here to bash the movement (the finest examples are wonderful) but just a reminder that the median Brutalist building is often a bleak, bleak affair.

There's probably an analogy in there somewhere for programming too. Perhaps the best of Golang is wonderful but the median just doesn't compare.

ETA: Either way, thanks for the taking the discussion down this direction. Certainly made me chuckle.

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