The main problem is that the Web as originally conceived has should has nothing in common with the Web as application platform. The convergence was because of

The main problem is that the Web as originally conceived has should has nothing in common with the Web as application platform. The convergence was because of necessity, but further development should really be done in two different branches. Keeping both aspects together perpetuates the bloating of the "document" web and abysmal tooling of the "application platform" web (and yes, the tooling is abysmal; please don't fool yourself).