"The cloud" also includes massive time sinks like Kubernetes or lambdas with a million of AWS services that can also become a huge distraction to building the p

"The cloud" also includes massive time sinks like Kubernetes or lambdas with a million of AWS services that can also become a huge distraction to building the product. It's perfectly possible to build a MVP using a single VM and rsynched PHP code. The iteration speed (when solo) and amount of control is probably higher than anything you're referencing to. In the end what matters the most if what technologies you're already familiar with.