Comment by smokel

ThoughtWorks gathers this phenomenon under the term "envy": Web Scale envy [1] or Big Data envy [2] are two relevant blips on their technology radar. It is typically better to keep things simple.

[1] https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar/techniques/high-performan...

[2] https://www.thoughtworks.com/radar/techniques/big-data-envy