Basic infrastructure sucks to manage. Dhcp, tftp, pxe, site dns, pki, kerberos, sysctl, disk subsystems, raid cards(!!!), directory services, & host networking. All of those are requisite basic infrastructure for sites. And best case you get a bunch of incompatible clunky 1980s era libraries. Ohad levy has made a start on this, but it's more "I needed a thing to do this thing" stage.<p>Oh, a real answer may be networking. However I suspect the enterprisey network guys are going to get there before the web 3.0 "devops" kids even realize its a
Problem. Bright side is it'll be clunky java ee SDN garbage so there will still be room for late comers.
I want an API for my living space. Temperature, how much power my devices consume, light levels, etc. Correlate this with my utility bills for power, gas, water, and the like.<p>Everything can have a microprocessor in it now. What's taking so long?