I think "Go is boring" is a too simplistic conclusion.

Go creates a genuinly unique programming environment. If you come from a C++ background (like me) you might think the C++ solution will always be structurally superior.

But this is not true. It has a really radical take on OOP, actually realizing some of the most extreme takes on OO from the C++ community: no class inheritance, only interface inheritance. Using the inheritance syntax for non-interfaces ("classes") does inheritance by composition.

Regarding templates: C++ has the best (imperative) language support for templates. But it also shows where it can lead... (typedef typename...) Boost has actually become a playground for clean template implementations that look like nothing but a mess.