Being a surgeon is hard work. Grifting is a lot easier and cushier.

I thought the plot of the movie was they didn’t have enough for a full team, except this one weird loophole allows a dog to play.

Can’t cough if you’re not breathing

Delvers LLC has some aspects of this, with one of the characters making guns that accelerate projectiles via magic.

Also The Wraith’s Haunt series features a “system” that polices the use of magic/foreign technology and erases anyone who goes too far with either.

I remember when I worked in a data center and there was a custom server order that needed something like 64 sticks per server, and procurement didn’t bother to make sure that we had sets that were the same speed, timing, or brand. Thankfully I caught it before we wasted a ton of time troubleshooting.