I've taken a close look at AutoMQ. By offloading data to EBS and S3, it turns Kafka Brokers stateless, avoiding cloud provider traffic costs and shifting the architectural complexity to the cloud provider. It's really killing two birds with one stone.
Thanks to the AutoMQ team for their excellent work. I'll be giving AutoMQ a try in an upcoming project.
I'm sorry to hear about your injury, but it's great to see your determination to learn and adapt. You might want to check out emacs-tutor, a package that provides an interactive tutorial inside Emacs itself. This could be a good starting point to get used to the basic commands and gradually build up your muscle memory.
Also, consider using god-mode. It's an Emacs package that allows you to reduce the number of key chords you use by entering a command mode where single keys correspond to commands, similar to Vim.
Regarding your concern about using evil-mode, it's true that it might feel like a hybrid of Vim and Emacs. However, many users find it to be a good balance that leverages the strengths of both editors. You could customize it to your liking and gradually add Emacs keybindings as you get comfortable.
Remember, the key to learning Emacs (or any editor) is gradual practice. Don't rush yourself, and take the time you need. Best of luck on your journey!