Sorry to have to be the one to tell you: sometimes architectural decisions are driven by factors other than YAGNI. Right now you have throngs of young developer

Sorry to have to be the one to tell you: sometimes architectural decisions are driven by factors other than YAGNI. Right now you have throngs of young developers paying $50k+ a year for the privilege to learn how to use Docker and Kubernetes while in college, and when 90% of them inevitably get rejected from FAANG after graduation, you'll be able to hire them on the cheap and entice them with development stacks they're comfortable with.