alt Hacker News(not the GP)
Indeed, while not being a fan of how this aspect of Go, I have to admit that it seldom causes issues.
It is, however, part of the reasons for which you cannot attach invariants to types in Go, which is how my brain works, and probably the main reasons for which I do not enjoy working with Go.
Yeah, I mean, Go doesn't see types as particularly special, rather just as one of many tools that software engineers can leverage to ship code that's maintainable and stands the test of time. If your mindset is type-oriented then Go is definitely not the language for you!