Understanding the differences between stack and heap in Go is essential for writing efficient and effective code. By knowing when to use each, you can avoid common pitfalls like memory leaks and improve the performance of your applications.

Package management in Go has been a hotly debated topic in the Go community. Before Go 1.11, there was no official package management tool for Go, with the most popular third-party options being dep and glide. However, with the release of Go 1.11, the Go team introduced their official package management tool Go Modules which became the officially recommended package management tool as of Go 1.13.