Also, if you can use some other technology and then only pour 2000$ worth of your time into it, but have to spend 100$ more to host it, you're still winning. It

Also, if you can use some other technology and then only pour 2000$ worth of your time into it, but have to spend 100$ more to host it, you're still winning. It's easy to shut something down and stop "losing" money, much harder (impossible) to get back the time spent on developing it. Essentially, your most valuable asset is your time. Optimize for time, not for money. Your time is worth much more.