I agree that it's possible to build successful Node apps, but of all the languages I use, it's the most difficult to keep up to date with and most likely to cause problems.

If you're reading the mailing lists, going to meetups, etc, these things might not seem like huge issues. But if you're just trying to run a small Node project as one amongst many bits of software in many languages, Node causes a disproportionate number of problems.

I've given a couple of examples below - Zombie switching to io.js, and the whole self-signed certificate debacle from a couple of years ago.