It's really a good time to be a hobby sysadmin these days - an $5 server runs my VPN, blog, some mail, another website and serves as a basic fileserver too. It'

It's really a good time to be a hobby sysadmin these days - an $5 server runs my VPN, blog, some mail, another website and serves as a basic fileserver too. It's very appealing and I know it will sell hearts of many, but I also think that price/performance at scale is what matters to most real customers. I wonder if companies can make a good enough business selling these tiny $5 boxes alone. Probably not enough to pay for engineering, marketing and such.