This. I'm not some Unix sysadmin type who wants to do everything manually. But the AWS features work out of the box for basic deployment, scaling, etc. and Kube

This. I'm not some Unix sysadmin type who wants to do everything manually. But the AWS features work out of the box for basic deployment, scaling, etc. and Kubernetes seems to just add unnecessary operational complexity without any value if you don't need any other features and are okay with AWS lock-in.