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Every so often, I am reminded of an anecdotal Chinese curse, supposedly uttered as an ultimate insult to a mortal enemy. The curse? “May you live in interesting times.” And to this, I can respond but one way: Boy, do we. Dear reader, something has changed of recent. What we have witnessed was a surprisingly rapid and efficient transition. Just a couple of years ago, the Web used to function as an unassuming tool to deliver predominantly static, externally generated content to those who seek it; not anymore. We live in a world where the very same old-fashioned technology now serves as a method to deliver complex, highly responsive, dynamic user interfaces—and with them, the functionality previously restricted exclusively to desktop software. The evolution of the Web is both exciting, and in a way, frightening. Along with the unprecedented advances in the offered functionality, we see a dramatic escalation of the decades-old arms race between folks who write the code and those who try and break it. I mentioned a struggle, but don’t be fooled: this is not a glorious war of black and white hats, and for most part, there is no exalted poetry of good versus evil. It’s a far more mundane clash we are dealing with here, one between convenience and security. Those of us working in the industry must, day after day, take sides for both of the opposing factions to strike a volatile and tricky compromise. There is no end to this futile effort and no easy solutions on the horizon. Oh well…. The other thing I am reminded of is that whining, in the end, is a petty and disruptive trait. These are the dangers—and also the opportunities—of pushing the boundaries of a dated but in the end indispensable technology that is perhaps wonderfully unsuitable for the level of sophistication we’re ultimately trying to reach, but yet serves as a unique enabler of all the things useful, cool, and shiny...
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