> I think I would say overall that I like the idea of Go better than I like Go itself. I like the idea of a simple language, but not the choices they made. I like the idea of simple tooling, but don't find their tooling simple to use

I think I just had a revelation moment. This is exactly how I feel about Go. I keep trying to use it for side projects and I think I'm lying to myself... It's not Go what I like, but the idea of it.