Interesting point. But, I don't think it applies. We're in the computing business. Computing is not just software. It's hardware. Developer time is expensiv

Interesting point. But, I don't think it applies. We're in the computing business. Computing is not just software. It's hardware. Developer time is expensive, hardware is cheap. Throwing cheap hardware at a problem rather than spending weeks or months coding around a VPS's performance limitations seems like a no-brainer to me. My particular use case is that I need performance and cheap computing power, and I'm willing to sacrifice a bit of reliability to get there. And, I'm sure that over the long run, you're right. A hosting company will be a better choice.