The June 12, 2025 Google Cloud outage revealed a harsh truth: modern data stacks often create more firefighting than innovation, as fragmented toolchains and so-called “managed” services increase maintenance burdens, costs, and risk. Matatika’s Mirror Mode offers a risk-free path out of this cycle by allowing teams to validate a more stable, antifragile infrastructure—enabling a shift from constant maintenance to strategic, high-impact data work.