"I spend most of my waking hours writing all sorts of crazy things in node, and I still can't think of any scenario in which using this makes sense." > You are

"I spend most of my waking hours writing all sorts of crazy things in node, and I still can't think of any scenario in which using this makes sense." > You are not alone. remember node.js team members were doing the same in the past but couldn't finish it. Obviously there are many scenarios this could help.