This depends on how much access and control you have. If I am building something on my own, or a small team where I can configure everything, or at least see ev

This depends on how much access and control you have. If I am building something on my own, or a small team where I can configure everything, or at least see everything, I totally agree with this. But in a large corp where as a software developer on an application team I do not have access to any of the firewall configuration, the database configuration, the networking configuration, the operating system configuration, etc. and that requires paperwork to get someone from the right team to look at things and allocate time. Then I will just do it in software. Its unfortunate, but if it saves me a month of paperwork and hassle, I would rather write a function in software in an afternoon, even if sub optimal.