Web 2.0 Expo Notes

The document discusses advancements in web development tools, emphasizing features like responsive applications through web workers and desktop integration. It highlights the need for efficiency by breaking down services and focusing on cost management, particularly at Amazon, which aims to optimize operations and reduce engineering burdens through virtualization and fast provisioning with EC2. Additionally, it addresses principles of controlled parallelism, resilience during failures, and the importance of monitoring and transparency in service management.