Spend any amount of time in programming circles, and just as the sun rises and falls, you are certain to hear someone complain about error handling in Go. These complaints are, anecdotally, rarely well thought out suggestions on what error handling could or should be like in a language like Go, but often merely boil down to “I don’t like having to look at it”.
You’ll mainly see people complain about having to litter their apps with if err !

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The post discusses the criticism around Go's error handling and defends its effectiveness. It compares error handling in Go and Python, demonstrating how Go handles errors more explicitly. It also explores the idea of implementing a Result type in Go, similar to Rust, and presents arguments against it. Overall, the post argues that Go's error handling is highly effective and often misunderstood.

Go’s Error Handling Is Perfect, Actually