> What distinguishes a Go project from any other programming language?
My experience with Go, as user and open source maintainer, is that many libraries just work even if untouched for several years.
There is a culture around building small libraries, with minimal usage of dependencies beyond the standard library. This leads to most CVEs existing in the standard library, which combined with Go's commitment to backward compatibility, makes improving your security posture simple by just upgrading the toolchain.
My experience with Go, as user and open source maintainer, is that many libraries just work even if untouched for several years.
There is a culture around building small libraries, with minimal usage of dependencies beyond the standard library. This leads to most CVEs existing in the standard library, which combined with Go's commitment to backward compatibility, makes improving your security posture simple by just upgrading the toolchain.