Node.js isn't a silver bullet, but it's still a bullet.

Re:Node.js isn't a silver bullet, but it's still a bullet. by tlrobinson on Friday February 03, 2012 @05:41PM (#3549419)

Well, to quote Ryan Dahl: "i wish for less #nodejs hype."

https://twitter.com/#!/ryah/status/8519974729

Also, I regularly see people making claims like "You can’t shoot yourself in the foot in any way" (http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/24/node-at-google-mozilla-yah...) and other variations involving issues around performance and concurrency.

I think it stems from some very smart people talking about why Node is better, then others trying to articulate the same thing without completely understanding what they're saying.

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Re:Node.js isn't a silver bullet, but it's still a bullet. by InclinedPlane on Friday February 03, 2012 @08:48PM (#3549937)

"You can’t shoot yourself in the foot in any way" is a pretty silly thing to say, but that seems to be an off-hand, casually made comment. None of this seems particularly egregious.

I'm looking for examples such as people actively promulgating Node adoption with ridiculous claims, people advising folks to use Node for specific tasks where it's completely unsuitable, people selling Node based technologies that aren't that good, people making the claim that Node is a silver bullet very publicly to a large audience, etc.

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