One hypothesis is that there is a trend of non ML-familiar developers currently working on getting more grasp on ML. Such repositories provide something that e.

One hypothesis is that there is a trend of non ML-familiar developers currently working on getting more grasp on ML. Such repositories provide something that e.g. web developers can take a look at, with reduced friction. Disclaimer: I'm such a developer! (currently going through the last bits of https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning https://www.coursera.org/learn/machine-learning) - but I've noticed other around me recently.