Isn't Node more of an Application server though? I don't see Node replacing Nginx in the roles it's normally used for (serving static resources, reverse-proxy). I can't think of a single upside
Agreed... I don't want the effort and complexity it would take to offer a lot of what's pretty easy with nginx inside a node app. As much as I really like node, I think it's generally nginx in front of node to offset what it does better... I think people make applications complicated enough as it is...