[getmeoutofhere]

Are you saying this as an ex-Googler / current Googler? Otherwise, please give some citations for some of your claims.

[syndacks]

Their Google status is irrelevant. The nature of their comment is that there's a propensity to emulate big tech when it's not needed. Off the top of my head: Kubernetes, microservices. My citation is news.ycombinator.com.