This is in line with Go's philosophy, they try to keep the language as simple as possible.
Sometimes it means an easy thing in most other languages is difficult or tiresome to do in Go. Sometimes it means hard-coded values/decisions you can't change (only tabs anyone?).
But overall this makes for a language that's very easy to learn, where code from project to project and team to team is very similar and quick to understand.
Like anything, it all depends on your needs. We've found it suits ours quite well, and migrating from a Ruby code base has been a breath of fresh air for the team. But we don't have the same performance requirements as Discord.
Sometimes it means an easy thing in most other languages is difficult or tiresome to do in Go. Sometimes it means hard-coded values/decisions you can't change (only tabs anyone?).
But overall this makes for a language that's very easy to learn, where code from project to project and team to team is very similar and quick to understand.
Like anything, it all depends on your needs. We've found it suits ours quite well, and migrating from a Ruby code base has been a breath of fresh air for the team. But we don't have the same performance requirements as Discord.