Straight up porting an app from Rails to Node.JS seems like a bad idea to me. Not that I'd ever consider using node.js, but the whole appeal is that you can qui

Straight up porting an app from Rails to Node.JS seems like a bad idea to me. Not that I'd ever consider using node.js, but the whole appeal is that you can quickly build small services, with either an integrating endpoint or a straight up api in front. If you're just replicating your Rails monolith you forfeit all the benefits. To be clear instead of node I would consider either Ruby because it is more comfortable, or golang for it's simplicity and performance.