To clarify, my original post was more satire on the idea of using 4-5 different SaaS/PaaS services in order to put a simple HTML site onto the net. I don't hav

To clarify, my original post was more satire on the idea of using 4-5 different SaaS/PaaS services in order to put a simple HTML site onto the net. I don't have any moral opinion about it - in fact I run a site with the setup described which is half why I am satirizing it (It's cheap to run, but it's also overly complex, has a load of dependencies that ultimately a simple HTML file shouldn't have, and the final setup is quite limiting). I do think we lose something intangible by building websites with mousetrap-esque technologies. The idea is usually that when you abstract something away, it becomes simpler to understand and quicker to develop in - but IMO it seems like we have abstracted away and it has become harder to understand and slower to develop in.