I think every competent programmer who comes to Node for the first time thinks "hoo boy, better fix this callback stuff first", and immediately writes a module

I think every competent programmer who comes to Node for the first time thinks "hoo boy, better fix this callback stuff first", and immediately writes a module to do just that. I know I did! :) koush just took this to the next level. But you know what. Just stop fighting the callback model. Adapt your coding idioms and move on...