[phsource]

This is incredibly detailed; in short, CDNs, cookies/authentication , tons of subdomains, and 3rd-party/user-generated content make it a pain to move onto HTTPS.

I was chatting with a non-engineer friend about why it's hard to estimate how long tasks often take, and this seems like a prime illustration: the dependencies are endless.

I also love the Easter egg:

"The password to our data center is pickles. I didn’t think anyone would read this far and it seemed like a good place to store it."

[niklasrde]

Just know the username and you can log onto https://stackoverflow.com/admin.php

[oefrha]

Warning: link's NSFW.

[nhylated]

It opens a random youtube video everytime (I got several 10 hour vids including Jeff Goldblum laugh and relaxing hairdryer sound).

[bpicolo]

Seems there's a limited set. It's a pool of 10 hour vids