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You can deploy aws services (via cloudformation yaml) as a K8s manifest

Does Helm help with any of this? I apologize if not, I just hear it used when these topics come up.

It helps abstracting deployment away.

Disclaimer: I work @ ShuttleOps

You need none of that, and a single thick server on Debian will cover all your needs.

Monolithic architectures are more performant generally. That's the reason why we fly in giant aluminium tubes rather than by dangling off a flock of bird-sized drones.

Ah, efficiency vs. aesthetics is truly a perennial battle.