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Frankly go isn't my favorite glue language (and I'm one of the relatively few people who's been doing go full time for a couple years). I currently prefer python for that kind of stuff, or sometimes bash.

However it's certainly possible to use as a glue language. I've talked to some folks at DO who just install go on machines and `go run` scripts.

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For small internal projects, I typically find that I end up writing the program and compiling it; It just builds up my developer toolchain from the command line to do my bidding. Also, these are all managed under source control, so my co-workers can also take advantage.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that probably isn't true. All go at DigitalOcean is deployed using one of two mechanisms. Nothing is `go run` outside of a developer's workstation.

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