I love the way the PaaS approach fills the gap between on-premise and cloud. For years, cloud-first solutions had this huge benefit over on-prem, often open-source-based technologies when it comes to hosting, scaling, and maintaining with ease. On the other hand, the lack of access to the full codebase was certainly an obstacle while working with hermetic environments that are cloud-first (or cloud-only).
I believe working with PaaS in a proper manner will create this sweet spot between cloud-first and on-premise, which is going to generate a lot of traction for open-source solutions in the years to come. Change my mind 🍿