It reminds me of a comment on microservices a while back. The guy claimed that his company had "done it properly", but it required a huge upfront investment in

It reminds me of a comment on microservices a while back. The guy claimed that his company had "done it properly", but it required a huge upfront investment in infrastructure, setting up everything properly and keeping it running. Wasn't the idea that they were supposed to make things simpler and cheaper?