> I'm getting the impression that pure VMs + Nomad would be a way better option As a long time Nomad fan (disclaimer: now I work at HashiCorp), I would certain

> I'm getting the impression that pure VMs + Nomad would be a way better option As a long time Nomad fan (disclaimer: now I work at HashiCorp), I would certainly agree. You lose some on the maintenance side because there's stuff for you to deal with that Google could abstract for you, but the added flexibility is probably worth it.