Github actions is fine provided you keep the YAML as short as possible and try to call out to a normal script to do everything - i.e. use it as config.

The problem comes when you try to use it as a programming language in and of itself (which MS encourages because it's a route to vendor lock in). It's a shitty, shitty programming language with shitty debugging tools.

To your first point: yes.

To your second point: yes, yes, and very much yes.

Creating complex release workflows within GHA is hell given the debugging situation and that's what we're using because 'it's there, use it, everyone's using it'. Send help