So happy to see file embedding move to the stdlib. Having _everything_ in a single binary makes distribution so much easier.

As an aside, I would love to see Go have first class support for watch/hot reload while developing...! (e.g. go run --watch main.go)

I would love to see Go have first class support for watch/hot reload while developing

Its not first class, but I have been happy using reflex [1] for non-http and gin [2] for http. Combined with Go's fast compile they work as well as a hot reload.

[1] https://github.com/cespare/reflex

[2] https://github.com/codegangsta/gin