> The quality of web software is underwhelming

I hate where "web scale" has brought us. Because some 0.01% of giants have tremendous scalability problems, every small project needs an overly complicated architecture that consists of layers of services. In the end, nobody understands the monster, and the complexity brings more issues than it solves. But still, this is somehow a standard today.

I have a lot of love for static HTML sites or simple backend/frontend solutions. The web is great, but current development trends are not.