I use Node a ton in order to integrate with C services on Solaris/Linux. It is incredibly useful when integrating HTTP services for things such as IaaS or creating a simple metrics aggregation service for a server. Almost all of my time on Node is spent on library integration and CLI. I find it much more intuitive to work with when talking to web services than perl or bash for complex tasks. A good start when using Node is to determine your end goal and if it makes sense to use an existing technology. Even if you are not interested in Node's web technology, just work with the child_process module for a bit when doing complex things (in particular the evil of qmail's fds), or if calculations are more your style try creating a large map reduce across multiple machines using Node vs an alternative. Either way, relax and enjoy Node. There is no need to force it into something if you would have fun doing other things :).
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