I've done projects where I'd wing it out from my box in lieu of having a build server. Usually works fine, but I've shot myself in the foot enough to know that

I've done projects where I'd wing it out from my box in lieu of having a build server. Usually works fine, but I've shot myself in the foot enough to know that if you can spare the time and resources to get a build server up and running to be an independent voice in the source control chain, it tends to be worth it. I do tend to agree that the focus on deployment should be interaction with the source control repository and doesn't require a build server, I just like that added protection of the build server being the one to do that interaction when it comes to releasing code.