That’s where I end up getting hired, leveraging similar functionality I implement on my own. It’s a tradeoff. Do you want to invest in someone like me, or offload it to aws? if you offload it to aws, of course you will bear the costs of that that my salary absorbs. It is a tradeoff that must be measured, but quick fixes with managed services are tempting. you will of course absorb some cost of my salary there in terms of what aws provides and dictates.