Golang is a great programming language if your alternative is Java, C# or scripting languages like Python/Ruby/etc. Not everything needs to be written in C++ or Rust from the outset. It's also reasonably possible to rewrite small codebases from Golang to, e.g. Rust for better performance.

It really isn't, no. It joins an awkward syntax with bad API design and terrible safeguards.

Don't be so mean, it's definitely a step up from PHP.