I tend to use Node for specific tasks like running a process that may take from 0 to 20 seconds without having a thread block. Using it for discrete tasks that

I tend to use Node for specific tasks like running a process that may take from 0 to 20 seconds without having a thread block. Using it for discrete tasks that it's suited for and then doing the bulk of my programming on regular vanilla synchronous server processes has worked for me as a way to manage complexity. Until a standard model of async emerges I think programming large web apps on node will feel a little like hiking with a stone in your shoe.