Yes. It’s called “understanding your constraints”.
The inverse is “appeal to higher power”; (implication being that its almost religion since it’s based on faith).
However: if you think that running large systems is hard, then it follows that it’s better to deploy small systems.
There can be times to outsource for sure, and I’m being relatively glib: but this idea of rent vs own is quite pervasive in the industry and it leads to dangerous situations where entire companies grind to a halt because these trade offs were talked down.
The inverse is “appeal to higher power”; (implication being that its almost religion since it’s based on faith).
However: if you think that running large systems is hard, then it follows that it’s better to deploy small systems.
There can be times to outsource for sure, and I’m being relatively glib: but this idea of rent vs own is quite pervasive in the industry and it leads to dangerous situations where entire companies grind to a halt because these trade offs were talked down.
Regardless of that; understanding the trade offs is important, the famous “your nines are not my nines” is good to reference here: https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2019/07/15/giant/