Popularity is part of it. It's the "default" for software. It's what is taught in every school, bootcamp, youtube channel and corner of the internet. Anyone th

Popularity is part of it. It's the "default" for software. It's what is taught in every school, bootcamp, youtube channel and corner of the internet. Anyone that had an idea on a random weekend to "learn to code" signed up for GitHub. GitHub is less of a software forge and more like a Facebook for software.