There's a few reasons. For one, it's the new shiny thing and developers are always chasing that dragon. More importantly though, it's a good fit for some worklo

There's a few reasons. For one, it's the new shiny thing and developers are always chasing that dragon. More importantly though, it's a good fit for some workloads so it actually makes sense sometimes which fuels the hype train. Finally, it fits in with the service architecture trends.