&gt;<i>I find that statement hilarious considering that it was explicitly one of the design considerations[1] for Go.</i><p>That doesn&#x27;t mean much, if anything. One of the design considerations for Java was &quot;write once, run everywhere&quot; and that didn&#x27;t turn out that well either.<p>Most languages make failed or semi-failed promises.<p>And their idea of addressing software development at scale, might not be 2015&#x27;s idea of doing the same.<p>Aside from Google, most other teams I&#x27;ve read using Go are more often than not writing small or medium-sized services, no big applications or highly complicated stuff.