Node.js along with other callback and promise based frameworks are insidious. They are so because they look good in small examples. "Oh look, here is how to serve a file in Node.js". You just have one callback for the request, then another for the error and so on.

In larger cases it turns into a mess, but by that time there is already a buy-in. Run a short little demo, looks fast, read about how "cool it is" on the web some place. Ok let's rewrite everything in it.

Quite often once people started heading the wrong path, it becomes hard to look back and say "Yeah this is the wrong way, let's turn back". That is just basic psychology.

At the same time, I think Node.js is great. It is great as a differentiator when you ask people why they picked it and see what they say. If they come back with the list in the article (basically list "evented","async","webscale" jargon), then that tells me they don't quite understand what is going on underneath. Which is not bad, people have the right to be confused, but it just lets me know on what level to converse with them on.