The shitty code most places are running have such horrific latency between awful SQL queries and choices like Node as a backend that the difference between a 1G

The shitty code most places are running have such horrific latency between awful SQL queries and choices like Node as a backend that the difference between a 1G and 10G uplink is unlikely to make a large difference, especially if you’re caching static content with a CDN. This does presuppose you have a business class internet connection, of course.