I totally agree with your premise, I just wanted to point out that AWS is rarely as cost effective as a VPS. If you're spending 30c in lambda, you're probably

I totally agree with your premise, I just wanted to point out that AWS is rarely as cost effective as a VPS. If you're spending 30c in lambda, you're probably cheaper than a 5$/mo VPS but I'd argue you'd be covered by heroku (or similar) free tier. In theory, AWS gives you more tool so you don't have to build / manage software yourself. In practice, the markup on the tools is significant and you usually pay a premium for devops who know AWS over those who don't. If you're saving a lot of development time by using AWS tools, it could be worth it, but I haven't seen many companies where that is true. Maybe it makes more sense in Silicon Valley where tech people are much more expensive.