[chm]

Because Meteor hides much of what's really going on, it's sometimes hard to understand just how the app is working. At least that was my impression of it when I tried it about 9 months ago.

Choosing a stack on your own means more time is spent making things work, but then you know how it works. That's why I went for a MEAN stack instead of Meteor. But I'm going to try Meteor again soon!

[emgee3]

While Meteor does do a lot for you out of the box, it doesn't really prevent you from seeing what's going on. There are some good resources for seeing what Meteor is doing behind the scenes (meteorhacks.com and eventedmind.com) if one does want to dig in.