The fact that this is server side and data storage probably contributes to this. Consumer grade client devices in 1993 were large and bulky, didn't even do mult

The fact that this is server side and data storage probably contributes to this. Consumer grade client devices in 1993 were large and bulky, didn't even do multitasking or memory protection very well. Now they're cheap, small, ubiquitous, have lots of very high level programming interfaces.