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> I do not understand the appeal of go.

I am an amateur dev developer and used to use untyped languages (Python and JS, mostly).

At some point Python was annoying in docker environments (especially for APIs) and I gave a try to Go. Initially I hated it, then learned to like it more and now I kinda like it.

- typed (this is a game changer)

- compiles to a single self-contained binary (easy with Docker)

- great for APIs without the worries of gunicorn and whatnot

I also discovered TypeScript to help with JS.

So the forst one would be "typed language". I have Python for the rest ("the 2nd best language for any task") and since I am an amateur dev, I do not have the time to dig into many languages to find the pearl.



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