It's only obsolete if you are okay with giving up control in exchange for not wanting to master how to build the physical server, how to system engineer provisi

It's only obsolete if you are okay with giving up control in exchange for not wanting to master how to build the physical server, how to system engineer provisioning, and how to administer it in addition to developing software on it. Most people nowadays take the opposite approach, but knowing more and having a deeper understanding of what's required end to end doesn't make your approach wrong.