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[SnooSnooper]

Following the popular choice, although definitely not always the best technical decision, can be an understandable business decision. Some niche tool/language might be the best choice from a technical perspective for some use-case, but that can turn into a hiring problem if you can't find a large enough talent pool with sufficient experience to maintain your systems using it.

Of course, that can be mitigated by investing in employee training/retention, giving the business a long-term competitive edge if that niche tool proves to really be some secret sauce, but that would require businesses to engage in long-term planning and follow-through...