Hiring a Node.js developer feels straightforward until your app starts breaking under real traffic. Most founders and CTOs default to performance benchmarks as the primary filter — comparing raw throughput numbers as if they tell the whole story. They don't.
The developers who keep production systems stable, catch vulnerabilities before they become outages, and make smart architectural calls under pressure are rarely the ones who scored highest on a benchmark. This is a practical framework for evaluating Node.js talent the way scaling startups actually need.
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