Genuine question.. I'll often see Golang pretty heavily criticized here on hacker news. Either that or people say it's a boring language and not worth learning when there is something more interesting (usually referring to Rust or Zig).
Why does it have such a bad image?
Personally i like it as an alternative for python because:
1. It can build binaries that just work for most architectures quickly. 2. It has nice c-like syntax without some of the headaches. 3. It seems to be really nice for creating apis or backends, especially for web projects. Lately i use it as an alternative to php, to build MPAs which are enhanced with htmx. 4. It seems very beginner friendly and easy to start with and has a non-gatekeepy community.
There are also some things i don't like so much such as:
1. Goroutines and other go specific stuff 2. The dependency system requiring full import paths with urls. 3. The strictness about syntax etc. The fact that saving a file with an unused import will remove it in the ide.
But it overall seems much nicer than running node/js or python on the server side, no?
But it overall seems much nicer than running node/js or python on the server side, no?