Go is fine for simple applications especially backend ones that connect to the internet. I do prefer it to node/js/ts/etc.

I do think a lot of projects would be better served having been written in go instead of java, or whatever else.

I don't think it's a panacea for anything. It's pretty easy to shoot yourself in the foot with. The easy stuff is easy the hard stuff is really hard.

I like rust a little more, and I don't rewrite things with it. I choose it first. That's my preference but go ahead and gopher on.