I think the early responses are a bit disheartening. There is a lot of value in "ancillary services in a box" for any project that has no choice but to self-hos

I think the early responses are a bit disheartening. There is a lot of value in "ancillary services in a box" for any project that has no choice but to self-host. This may not include a typical commercial startup, but it includes a lot of projects. It's especially big in defense. But, of course, the DoD already has its own version of this: https://repo1.dso.mil/platform-one/big-bang https://repo1.dso.mil/platform-one/big-bang, including a managed version run by part of the Air Force if you don't need to roll your own but still have security requirements not met by commercial cloud providers.