That's fine. Did the code become easier to maintain? It's not clear from the article. The "The good" section is relatively weak and the "The not-so-good" has some painful points about memory management and api instability.

It sounds a bit like you guys rewrote it because node.js is hot and you then stuck with the rewrite because of sunk costs. Or am I imagining things?

Thanks for sharing your experiences with us. I'm just asking those questions because I want to learn more about them.