300 million years of evolution have turned the dragonfly into the perfect predator. With unmatched maneuverability, super fast eyesight and unparalleled response time, this small insect can catch his prey before we even notice what has happened. But will a dragonfly will be satisfied by today’s web applications latency? In this talk, we will take a thought exercise and try to understand which changes need to be done in our technology stack to make dragonflies happy. Along the way we will delve into the ingredients that build up latency.