Is Node.js Still Enough? When to Move Your Backend to Rust (opens in new tab)

Node.js Is Not Failing You — You're Already Outgrowing It The uncomfortable truth about backend performance, Rust, and why the event loop will betray you exactly when it matters most. It was 3 AM. Not the good kind of 3 AM. The monitoring dashboard looked like a medical emergency. Latency on the main API endpoint had gone from 38ms to over 4 seconds. Not spiking — sitting there, steady, 4 seconds on every request. The Node.js process wasn't crashed. That would've been easier, honestly. It was...