It definitely didn’t used to lol:

https://fasterthanli.me/articles/i-want-off-mr-golangs-wild-...

Rather illustrative article, especially re the false simplicity where the language just silently does the wrong thing

(though I disagree that ".ext" is not an extension of an empty base name)

That article is so cringeworthy

I disagree, but the style isn’t for everyone.

However, that still doesn’t mean that it’s wrong.