Netflix must have the most overengineered tech stack out there. Ppl hired with such high cash comp must feel the obligation to live upto that comp by creating these sort monsters.

relevant hn

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49878857 - A Staff Engineer's Guide to Inventing Work

Tech industry is overstaffed to the gills . No one really knows how to create value for customers( only for themselves through these overegineered slop for career advancement) . Tech jobs are really sad place to be now.