> I have had to deserialize into map[string]interface{} to handle ambiguous situations at runtime a lot.

Something I worry about is if I'm getting too jaded. You really think things are different elsewhere, but then you see that we all eat the same shit sandwhich.

That code would never have to be written if someone just used their brain before switching their integer IDs to string GUIDs. Bless your soul but I wish we didn't have to resort to such things. Some things code can't fix.