I feel the same way. In the old-world way of things, the Architects of the system would take all of that into account - the sysadmins were just there to keep t

I feel the same way. In the old-world way of things, the Architects of the system would take all of that into account - the sysadmins were just there to keep the systems up and running and install the software per the developers instructions. What's new, or seemingly new, because of the rapid advance of technology and the internet in general, is the rapid develop/deploy cycle, which ends up requiring a much tighter coupling between development and operations... the two almost blend together. The lines are getting fuzzy.