I do not like web frameworks. All I need is a websocket module with legacy fallback. Something like SockJS, to build a JSON API on-top of. And a database module for persistence. But I use Node.JS for almost everything; image rendering, network services, utility tools. etc. And if a bash script requires more logic then a bunch of unix pipes I usually write that in Node.JS too. I like that D can be used like a scripting language. Node.JS started out as an async networking framework focusing on performance, simplicity and fast development. Despite it's huge potential it has mostly become a scaffolding tool for web frameworks. What concerns me most though is TypeScript as well as EcmaScript piling on mostly useless features to the JavaScript language, making it harder to learn, and dividing the community.