The point is, it is broad. You gained by using it in a traditional case where earlier you would have used C.<p>But I&#x27;ve used it in the web app scenario. Replacing Java (jetty&#x2F;tomcat servlets with pure Java code) with Golang. My own discovery was it could replace the jetty&#x2F;tomcat with servlets part seamlessly, just with a bunch of http url handlers. I know it could be possible still more easily in other languages&#x2F;stacks which are &quot;zillion&quot; times more productive.<p>Now, we all know that nothing comes free. For e.g. C++ templates cause compilation to take more time; have heard people complain about Ruby&#x2F;ROR (including one on this page); I myself hated the Java configuration of the app servers, even in minimalist use of just a Servlet (the least needed for a web app thing), not to forget the SOAP-Servlets (Axis et al) before JSON ( good common sensical structure IMHO from the XML schemas&#x2F;dtds  (any one remember them?!)) became fashionable.<p>So the bloat&#x2F;overhead can be in terms of useless jargon (e.g. the latter part of above para) which are too verbose and mean something very simple. Slowness e.g. Ruby&#x2F;Rails. Or simply memory bloat (Which means more servers for the same amount of app processing capability).<p>So please do understand that there could be reasons other than &quot;just can&#x27;t get by without the iron hand of the compiler&quot;, where people use Go. :-)<p>People who have come to realize they wasted a decade chasing promises whether they were called OOP, EJBs, SOAP, XML, App Server, etc. Only to have been left with mysterious crashes because of &quot;out of memory exceptions&quot; (heck, jetty&#x2F;tomcat are open source, but does any app developer should be debugging them. No, right? )<p>So there are also people disillusioned by the promises they fell for earlier. Who now prefer the minimalist approach. And actually very much appreciate when the wise people developing Golang, are hesitant to add a thing like Generics, despite the pressure from many quarters.<p>To summarize, why I use it:<p><i>Don&#x27;t try to make it too easy for me, and pinch me at wrong times (when I start to get more users for e.g). Just Give me speed and give me transparency baby. I know how to make it work.</i><p>Edit: Typos and minor rephrase