Not sure about the &quot;niche&quot; aspect of your comment, but Node is huge. The ability for a developer to work in the same language on both sides has been massive. The author is complaining that there is just too much JavaScript work out there. Someone must think it&#x27;s pretty valuable. Let&#x27;s face it, if you&#x27;re not doing basically everything on the web at this point, you&#x27;re not doing much, and that&#x27;s where JavaScript reigns supreme.