To me, Go is just a boring language to write in. It’s target audience is large corporations where individuality is discouraged. I’ve used Go extensively at work, and its lack of expressivity definitely has some upsides on large teams, mainly keeping things simple and understandable. But when I program in my free time for fun, I want to be able to express myself fully.
I agree with you that Go is a boring language. I think in Go's boredom is a path to creating better code than you are pushed towards in other languages, and I enjoy writing Go in my free time because I enjoy learning about API design through interacting with the STL, and because I produce programs in it that I understand much more deeply (and with relative ease) than when I try to use another language. However, Go is not a good language for experimenting with cutting edge language features.
