The core tenet of Hogue’s philosophy is that the Node.js standard library is more powerful than most developers realize. The modern instinct is often to reach for a framework immediately—express, Fastify, NestJS. However, The Tao of Node challenges this instinct.
: Focuses on high-level modularity and extensibility. It advocates for organizing services around domain entities and components rather than technical responsibilities (like grouping all "controllers" together). tao of node pdf