Clustering

Node.js is single-threaded. As every design decision this one has its benefits and drawbacks. A benefit is - it is significantly harder to "shoot yourself in a foot" with multithreaded code. With languages like C++ or Java, multithreading is a separate subject that is rather advanced and even considered to be a form of a black magic by some developers. So in JavaScript you don't even have to think about scary terms like "deadlock", "race condition" or "memory barrier". What's the downside?