NodeJS is a bad choice for creating APIs

permanent programming

• NodeJS (and JavaScript in general) is asynchronous.

• At the back end, we control most of the flow, their order, and the sequence. A synchronous-by-default language is more useful for server-side programming.

• Using async-await (or promise, or callbacks) works, but this feels like a workaround.

• Nodejs is not ideal for CPU-intensive tasks

Original Source: Why node.js is the wrong choice for APIs (and what to use instead) - YouTube