> using AWS is fine, as long as you use cloud agnostic stuff and avoid AWS specific services This is the worst of both worlds. You get the expense of AWS but w

> using AWS is fine, as long as you use cloud agnostic stuff and avoid AWS specific services This is the worst of both worlds. You get the expense of AWS but without any of the things that would make the cost worth it. IMO you should either avoid using their services and move to something way cheaper (OVH, as the article mentions Hetzner), or fully buy into the benefits AWS has to offer.