But his thesis is that promises may help but there are bigger issues with the event loop.<p>The key part of the article is the mini-rant about software engineering at the start.  That&#x27;s the setup for the rest of the article about how Node.js isn&#x27;t perfect.<p>Part of software engineering is to understand the problem and decide what parts of it you can solve.  Node.js has picked a set of things it&#x27;s going to be great at.  It&#x27;s produced great results on that set.<p>The functions it&#x27;s not great at is the part the article is about.  So it&#x27;s another rant on this is how Node.js isn&#x27;t for you.  I think we all get that.  Node solves these problems and makes these other problems worse.  If your needs are in the &quot;other problems&quot; side, Node isn&#x27;t for you.<p>I&#x27;m not sure why this is such a big deal.  &quot;I need to move 3,000 lbs of stone on a daily basis&quot;.  &quot;Ok, the &#x27;Vette isn&#x27;t your best choice, care to look at some trucks?&quot;  These conversations happen for trucks and cars, they can happen for software.<p>It&#x27;s called &quot;requirements gathering and analysis&quot;.