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 @03a95182 ”just throw more servers/bandwidth at the problem." is also the scourge of modern computing, being the least thought out and most lazy approach to darn near everything.

I have worked with far too modern systems built with this approach, and the common factor is that they suck like a NASA vacuum cleaner. 
 @d9e3f724 it's insidious too - huge web sites that don't have to be, huge apps that don't need to be. 
 @03a95182 And one of my pet peeves; websites that want you to download an app, and the app is just the website in a wrapper.

Insert screaming here… 
 @d9e3f724 this web site could have been an email.