Appreciate the measured warning, as you mentioned there's a lot of strong opinions either way so it's hard to find the more practical advice among it all which

Appreciate the measured warning, as you mentioned there's a lot of strong opinions either way so it's hard to find the more practical advice among it all which is what inspired the original question. I'll take all the advice here and get better understanding of the overheads and pain myself (and hopefully a few other interested folk) so that when the cracks do start showing properly there's a working containerized solution to roll out more smoothly.