This past weekend I participated in Node Knockout with three teammates: Paul Armstrong, Zach Johnson, and Nate Kadlac. Nate and I have worked together on Train Brain, I met Paul through work at a previous employer, and Zach through Paul, and at Minnedemo. We all signed-up because we'd heard that Node was a big deal and wanted to try and build something with it. Node Knockout is a 48-hour programming competition wh...