Most chains rush to mainnet and then spend weeks fixing noise panic and weak coordination. Midnight feels different to me. Kūkolu phase looks like a safe port where stability comes first. Trusted federated operators are there to keep the network steady while the system grows in a more careful way. That already feels more mature than the usual launch playbook. 
What I like most is the thinking behind it. Midnight is not pretending chaos is decentralization. It is building a reliable starting point first and then moving toward wider community driven participation later. For builders and real users that kind of launch path matters a lot. Safe start strong base then deeper decentralization. That is how serious infrastructure should enter mainnet.