Node.js performance tips from Linkedin

Second of all, some things not mentioned, don't use node.js to gzip stuff. Put nginx as a proxy and make THAT gzip stuff that node sends through. You really don't want node doing expensive operations like that on each request. nginx will do it faster and avoid blocking.

Rendering server side is fine if done right and you're not using a CDN. Storing all parts of a template in an array and using Array.join() is fast, clean and will reduce a lot of overhead vs. having two separate requests from the same client for a single webpage. But node isn't really made for templating where RoR/Django is so pick your tech stack better if you need templating.

This article boils down to user node as a JSON relay. Which in all honesty is probably the best thing to use node for. Have node format json data and send that around.

Uhm yes, that's the whole idea of using node isn't it? Handle each job that takes a bit of time asynchronously. Pretty obvious.