simple != easy

Golang is simple, which means that its easy to understand.

Running a marathon is simple; you just keep running. But nobody would call it easy.

So why do people call Python easy and simple? Things only seem simple until you need to do something complex. Then the complexity starts to compound.

People need to take complexity more into account when choosing a technology. The amount of magic that is happening always has a cost. You just need to consider if you will pay that cost for a certain project or if you will never run into the downside.

Simple things are not always better, to be clear. But they have their place, and recently I am leaning more towards simpler solutions. They may require more work, but at least I know that I understand most of the things that are happening.