In "serverless" defense, I'll put a one data point from myself. I built https://crates.live https://crates.live 4-5 years ago. I used a "complex" tech stack. A

In "serverless" defense, I'll put a one data point from myself. I built https://crates.live https://crates.live 4-5 years ago. I used a "complex" tech stack. A single page web app. Hosted in Github pages as static HTML/JS. For the server side, I used Cloudflare workers (Wasm) to run a GraphQL server (kind of). The result: It's still up after 5 years. I never looked back after I created the project. I do remember the endless other projects I did that have simply died now because I don't have time to maintain a server. And a server almost always end up crashing somehow. Another thing, Pieter Levels has successful small apps that relies more on centralized audiences than infrastructure. He makes cool money but it's nowhere near startup-expected levels of money/cash/valuations. He is successful in the indie game but it'll be a mistake to extrapolate that to the VC/Silicon Valley startup game.