Too Long; Didn't Read
I love <a href="https://nodejs.org" target="_blank">Node.js</a>. I’ve re-discovered <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/javascript" target="_blank">Javascript</a> through it, and I’m never going back. I also love <a href="http://expressjs.com" target="_blank">Express</a>. It makes writing server applications so simple, and its <a href="https://github.com/senchalabs/connect" target="_blank">Connect</a>-based middleware stack approach makes extending and composing applications easy and fun. <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/nodejs" target="_blank">Node.js</a>, combined with frameworks like Express, is great for microservices. Thanks to its lightweight character, non-blocking nature, and quick development experience, it beats (imho) other microservice technologies such as Spring Boot. Couple it with Docker and the sky’s the limit (…as long as you allocate enough resources to your container cluster, that is).