…is probably not what you think it is. And it’s not something within the control of developers (though IT managers sure as heck do).
In order to tantalize/frustrate you a little longer, let’s first take detour along memory lane to 2003, and the Rise of the MachinesWeb 2.0.
As they became inundated with Web traffic, Web 2.0 startups looked for cheaper, less brute-force solutions than their dot-com predecessors would, such as buying Sun servers or renting T3 lines.
Enter....