Digital Ocean hits the sweet spot for me with both pricing, availability, speed, and ease of getting up and running for a project like this. You can have a new

Digital Ocean hits the sweet spot for me with both pricing, availability, speed, and ease of getting up and running for a project like this. You can have a new server up and running in 30 seconds and locked down within 10. Bryan Kennedy has a great write up to help you get it set up and locked down: http://plusbryan.com/my-first-5-minutes-on-a-server-or-essential-security-for-linux-servers http://plusbryan.com/my-first-5-minutes-on-a-server-or-essen... We put our own twist on it which improves on his base (mostly security related): https://github.com/codelittinc/incubator-resources/blob/master/best_practices/servers.md https://github.com/codelittinc/incubator-resources/blob/mast...