This article does not do justice to Node and it is not even an accurate criticism of Node. I can provide similar arguments about PHP, Ruby, Python as well as J

This article does not do justice to Node and it is not even an accurate criticism of Node. I can provide similar arguments about PHP, Ruby, Python as well as JAVA and say they are cancer too but they are not. Every technology has its limitations but there is no doubt that NodeJS has opened up many new possibilities when it comes to doing thing on web. It will never be able to do everything that say JAVA does but it will always do a few things lot better than say Java or Ruby. A good developer will always pick the best tool for the job without being "emotionally attached" to any one tool. I will also not criticize those who are doing crazy things like writing a JVM using javascript. These people are pushing the limits, faster we reach those limits it is better for the rest of the community.