You are asking right, but you also listing points(opinionated) that are intended to protect you against human error. Pick the tools that suits your flow. Noth

You are asking right, but you also listing points(opinionated) that are intended to protect you against human error. Pick the tools that suits your flow. Nothing wrong with bare metal or virtual servers. EDIT: to add some good years ago was managing PHP shop where all production was baremetal and development/staging was replicated in containers, everybody happy, hope it helps