Node was specifically built with performance in mind, which is one of the reasons it embraces the async I/O programming model so heavily. In addition, JavaScript runtimes such as v8 are some of the most optimized and engineered pieces of software ever made. Nevertheless it feels like most (non-web browser) JavaScript applications are pretty slow and resource inefficient.
What are some counter examples to this?
Last year there was quite some interested and traction around http://blogsurf.io here on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30844149
Unfortunately it seems that the site has gone offline sometime this year.
