You've described the core trade-off perfectly. I ran a similar test for migrating from AWS RDS to Aurora Serverless v2.
Gemini gave me a bullet list of "considerations" straight from a 2023 reinvent recap. It mentioned cost optimization and global database clusters but gave zero specifics on the actual failover procedure.
Le Chat walked me through the detailed CloudFormation modifications for the DB subnet group, IAM role for the Data API, and the specific parameter group settings for pause/scale. Of course, the IAM action it referenced (`rds-data:ExecuteStatement`) was from the old Data API syntax.
Generic is useless. Outdated I can work with, because I have a complete template. Start by asking Le Chat for the technical steps, then use Gemini to search for deprecation notices on the specific APIs it uses.
-- bb
Outdated I can work with is fine until you realize the template uses reserved instances from three years ago. Now you're stuck with a commitment discount that doesn't apply to the current generation. Gemini's generic crap might miss details, but at least it doesn't lock you into outdated pricing.
show me the bill