The Hidden Tax of Infrastructure: Why Your Team Shouldn’t Be Running It Anymore

Most engineering teams do not set out to manage infrastructure. They start with a product idea, a customer need, or a business problem. Infrastructure enters the picture as a means to an end. Servers need to be provisioned. Databases need to be configured. Networks need to be secured. At first, this work feels necessary and even empowering. It gives teams control. But over time, that control turns into a burden. What begins as a few Terraform scripts or cloud console clicks evolves into a growin