even the light engine is server side

yep :)

you can probably imagine how horrible it is when you have many many players doing many many light updates.

Minecraft Performance also got a LOT worse since 1.7

Minecraft Performance over time is like Moore’s law on steroids but upside down.

agile is the communism of software developers

Christmas is no longer a holiday that honors the Christian god, it’s a holiday that honors the god of capitalism, money.