I really want to see a comparison of a language like go to something much more in the functional sphere when it comes to maintainability of a large codebase.
I really feel like that one of the big issues we as programmers want to get a better handle on but there isn't a lot to go off that isn't based off opinions (which can be hard to validate).
Indeed.
It's a typical honeymoon phase with very little regards to 1-2-5 years in the future. The cost of having picked to Go will be fully apparent then.