It’s shifting the complexity from development to operations ( or “gluing shit” as a sibling has pithily observed. I’ve found this to be common in places with l

It’s shifting the complexity from development to operations ( or “gluing shit” as a sibling has pithily observed. I’ve found this to be common in places with lower engineering skills. The “engineers” are mortally afraid of building anything novel for fear of failure; the COTS approach can get many clever folks pretty far in their career.