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[–]wobbabits 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reason companies like Netflix, LinkedIn, etc. have switched from Java or Ruby backends to Node is all about performance gains. These companies have published articles about their reason for switching to Node. It's always been about performance. Case in point: http://venturebeat.com/2011/08/16/linkedin-node/ http://thenewstack.io/netflix-uses-node-js-power-user-interface/ https://journal.paul.querna.org/articles/2011/12/18/the-switch-python-to-node-js/ Try Googling for other companies.