This post was written primarily as a response to http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2359758, which, when it came out last June, frustrated me to no end. It then sat in my drafts folder for months until patiently attempting to bring another experienced programmer, new-to-Go, up to speed on best practices.

If it truly is the accepted best practice for novices to avoid channels, then that PR campaign has been tried and found lacking. EDIT: whoops, read parent wrong.