Backend
Node.js Development
For the workloads that are mostly waiting.
Node.js runs JavaScript on the server with a non-blocking, event-driven model. That makes it efficient at workloads dominated by waiting — many concurrent connections, calls out to other services, streaming data — where threads would otherwise sit idle consuming memory.
It is also the natural home for real-time features: WebSocket servers, live collaboration and push notification fan-out are all comfortable in this model.
Why we use it
We use Node where the workload actually fits it: real-time connections, streaming, and lightweight services that mostly orchestrate calls to other systems. Sharing a language between browser and server is a genuine convenience for shared validation and types, though we treat that as a secondary benefit rather than a reason to choose it.
The trade-off is that CPU-bound work blocks the event loop and stalls every other connection on that process, so anything computationally heavy needs to move to a worker or a different runtime. Dependency churn in the ecosystem also demands more active maintenance than some alternatives.
Planning a Node.js project?
We will tell you honestly whether it is the right choice for what you are building.