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A service can be technically "up" while users are getting timeouts, stale data, and broken workflows. Teams that monitor availability alone miss the pain customers actually feel.
Dumping more lines into a log platform does not mean your team can understand a failure under pressure. Most logging strategies only create noisier confusion.
Frontend trends change every year. Backend mistakes keep charging interest long after the UI refresh ships.
Flags are great for rollout safety. They are terrible as a long-term strategy for avoiding cleaner decisions.
Internal tools are supposed to be quick fixes. Then the business starts depending on them and nobody wants to admit a prototype became infrastructure.
Shipping quickly is not the same thing as moving fast. Sometimes it is just deferred cleanup with better branding.