Express3 app with mongoose, passport, mongo sessions, shared server/client jade templates, twitter bootstrap LESS, socket.io, and separate routes for UI and API functionality
Just clone the repo and run chmod +x setup.sh && ./setup.sh from your terminal.
config/index.js is designed to automatically require and export a configuration file that is named according to your NODE_ENV environment variable, e.g., config/development.js or config/production.js.
While there is no caching out of the box, all user-specific UI elements (except in the /me routes) are handled with an AJAX call after the page loads. Continuing to keep user-specific UI out of the initial page load will make the application more caching-friendly when the time comes.