Explore a keynote presentation from the International PHP Conference 2012 where Lukas Smith and Henri Bergius discuss how the internet's structure of loosely connected services and standards should inform application design. Learn why monolithic design principles are becoming outdated as SaaS solutions and open standards tools proliferate. Discover how to leverage these emerging technologies and principles to create more flexible, scalable web applications that align with the internet's inherent architecture. Gain insights into moving away from self-invented protocols and APIs towards more standardized, interconnected approaches to web development.