[Cialug] What lang for writing a service?

[Matthew Nuzum]

I need to write a service and I can use either Python or Node.js. I'm
picking these because: a) I know them well, and b) necessary libraries are
readily available.

Can you think of any pros and cons for choosing one or the other?
(regarding Python, I *think* I can write the code to work equally well in
Python 3.x and 2.x)

My goal is for this tool I'm writing to be useful for other web developers
to help manage their servers.