[romanovcode]

Not only here but in general "coolness" is one of the main factors for choosing tech in startups.

2008 - So did you rewrite your PHP apps in Ruby?

2012 - So did you rewrite your Ruby apps in Node?

2015 - So did you rewrite your Node apps in Go?

[tsax]

I'd dispute the 2015 one. There have been lots of Go related articles on HN, but Go usually gets a mixed reception.