[macu]

> I program in Go because when writing code, it irritates me less than other languages.

This is how I feel too. There are countless styles of prose, but some styles are restricted deliberately for aesthetics or practical reasons. I prefer to write prose in plain terms, and Go enables me to write code the same way. Some languages more than others have parts that stick out in odd ways, and add unwelcome personality to my code.

Yet sometimes I wish to put higher concepts into abstract terms, and Go is less expressive here. You can't always shape things the way you want, and you can't build reusable parts with the same flexibility as in other languages. But, when it comes to tinkering and giving form to ideas, I am more productive working with a basic set of LEGO than a box of all the specialized pieces someone may have thought I might ever find a use for.