Sure, this doesn't replace traditional hosting unless you are really big on the privacy thing and want all your data on your own hardware. But it's pretty usef

Sure, this doesn't replace traditional hosting unless you are really big on the privacy thing and want all your data on your own hardware. But it's pretty useful if you are designing websites or writing web-related software and want to be able to show off your work to a colleague or client, without having to go through the hassle of deploying it to some remote server.