The frequency by which this project appears at the top of HN does not correlate with its production usage and thus feels like gorilla marketing, at least to me.
Looking through the search results, it seems like it's been potentially high on the front page 3 times in 4 years.
That was the surprise part behind my other (downvoted) comment, surprised that it still comes up on homepage with direct links (as oposed to some new development around it)
Damn gorillas.
It’s not marketing (100% sure :). Do you have some info on it’s usage in production?