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On a phone and the formatting of the snippets is unreadable with the 8 space tabs…

That said, i think about all languages have their own quirks and footguns. I think people sometimes forget that tools are just that, tools. Go is remarkably easy to be productive in which is what the label on the tin can claims.

It isnt “fearless concurrency” but get shit done before 5 pm because traffics a bitch on Wednesdays

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Author here, thanks for the feedback on legibility, I have now just learned about the CSS `tab-size` property to control how much space tabs get rendered with. I have reduced it, should be better now.

Thanks, much nicer now

> Go is remarkably easy to be productive in which is what the label on the tin can claims.

To feel productive in.

It feels productive because you're not waiting ages for it to compile again after every change.

I would say all the boiler plate and extra typing, while the language not preventing you from shooting yourself in the foot.

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