Go appears to have a similar kind of momentum behind it as Node had/has. It's a small and "familiar" language, so devs pick it up easily, and has a healthy open

Go appears to have a similar kind of momentum behind it as Node had/has. It's a small and "familiar" language, so devs pick it up easily, and has a healthy open-source package ecosystem. It could also just be random chance. People and communities latch onto things for all sorts of reasons.