I know that creating services in JavaScript is all the rage these days- you can feel like you accomplished something, without needing to understand garbage collection, casting, or even how to do basic design, thanks to Node.

I’ve tried to find a compelling reason to add the requirement of Node 4, a local SQLite (or MySQL) instance, and several support additions, like NodeMailer- just to get a primitive version of the same services I’ve had for over 10 years with TextPattern.

I’ve tried to look at it with a less-jaundiced eye, but I just can’t. It’s bloated (weighing in at 170MB with NO features), it has bizarre ideologies, and exposing Node directly to the net to run a blogging service? No- I’ve opted to proxy my Ghost instance, much as I have done with Grav.

I can finally see why so many people have given up and stuck with WordPress.