For sure. It costs when you put it in. It costs in maintenance (or in working around unmaintainable systems). And then it costs to take it out again. I was bro

For sure. It costs when you put it in. It costs in maintenance (or in working around unmaintainable systems). And then it costs to take it out again. I was brought in on a cleanup job a few years back and discovered that key parts of their infrastructure went through a system nobody understood and were scared to touch. It was using Docker, but for no obvious reason, and it was version-locked to a very specific release in the 0.9 series. After some archaeology, I found the original commits. They were from an engineer who wasn't there long. On a hunch, I googled him. I found a video of a conference talk on Docker where he exaggerated the scope and value of what he had done. So I ripped it out again, making the system simpler, more reliable, and less scary for the staff.