For example I'm taking some front end javascript I've been working on and putting it on the server (using another new node framework based on Laravel that so far I really like: http://adonisjs.com ) and it would definitely perform better if I rewrote it in Go or Elixir - but even if I could figure out how to do that if the thing takes off I could never find anyone to help me with it.
With JS though it should perform reasonably well (node is supposedly pretty fast where it counts, nonblocking and all that) and I could hire a danged high school kid to give me a hand with it if it somehow succeeds. I imagine a company like Walmart was thinking along those same lines when it chose Node.
For example I'm taking some front end javascript I've been working on and putting it on the server (using another new node framework based on Laravel that so far I really like: http://adonisjs.com ) and it would definitely perform better if I rewrote it in Go or Elixir - but even if I could figure out how to do that if the thing takes off I could never find anyone to help me with it.
With JS though it should perform reasonably well (node is supposedly pretty fast where it counts, nonblocking and all that) and I could hire a danged high school kid to give me a hand with it if it somehow succeeds. I imagine a company like Walmart was thinking along those same lines when it chose Node.