[chii]

> And in the long run, things become simpler.

aka, you're front loading the complexity.

You can even think of it as paying insurance premiums upfront. You get to "make a claim" if the requirements do grow into the sort of need that suit such a cluster/complex setup.

[mianos]

But, on the same insurance theme; I am not sure paying 10K a year to insure my 5K car makes a lot of sense, because, in the long run, I might write my car off.