Agreed 100%. I've used a bunch of languages over the years: C, C++, C#, VB, Perl, Java/Groovy/Kotlin, Javascript, Lua, Ruby, PHP, Python and Go. All fairly mainstream and I'm not going to start railing on the ones I don't like. . . so let's just say Python was the first language that I loved and Go is my current favorite.

For me, readability, simplicity and having compile time checks are wonderful. Go feels like a better Python. I still enjoy using Python but "runtime is funtime" even with type hinting and linting and everything else.

I am also a sucker for good tooling and a pleasant dev experience. Go has fantastic tooling. That being said, it has its warts and weak points. If I need to write something quick and dirty, I prefer Python. If I need to parse JSON and I don't have an easy way to generate client code, I prefer Python.

There are some quirky bits in Go I don't particularly like e.g. the reversal of parameter type and name in function signatures. . . that just confuses me because I typically am using 2-4 different languages in any given week and Go is the weirdo in this regard. :)

I would be thrilled to see Rust become the dominant systems programming language some day. I'm planning to learn it as soon as it looks like the right choice for me - for most of my work, Python + Go + bash (I love and hate bash) are more than sufficient.