Not sure when your friend tried Go but for the last 5-10 years or so go has been really easy to make REST services. It's practically baked into the language but if you want it even easier there are several extremely popular libraries for it.
Go tends to have more boiler plate than other languages. So more typing work, less thinking work, less maintenance work once completed.
Go tends to have more boiler plate than other languages. So more typing work, less thinking work, less maintenance work once completed.