Agreed about the Go site. Not ugly at all but, personally, I'd set a max-width on the container and maybe up the line-height a bit.
What don't you like about the OP's site? It's certainly "hip and modern" but what makes it horrid?
What don't you like about the OP's site? It's certainly "hip and modern" but what makes it horrid?
Even if you don't think these are valid criticisms, the point is that this is all subjective. These are opinions and the OP saying "this is bad and that is good" as though it's law only shows that he misunderstands the audience of programmers who use these sites. I don't program in C or C++ because I thought they have a good website; they have no official website at all.
I didn't mean to sound like I was dismissing hermanhermitage's opinion. But by just calling the design horrid and the OP a troll without specifics, he falls into the same "this is bad and that is good" trap.
As a wannabe-designer I am legitimately curious what hermanhermitage doesn't like about the OP's site. I've seen much worse.
As for the OP misunderstanding the primary users of programming languages' websites, that seems to be part and parcel of some designers, isn't it?
[Ok not quite, not close?, but thats what I feel].