After struggling to keep VPSs up to date with security patches for small sites, I've become a fan of shared hosting again. When I was a teen I hosted my sites w

After struggling to keep VPSs up to date with security patches for small sites, I've become a fan of shared hosting again. When I was a teen I hosted my sites with Pair.com, and they still have an excellent record and provide full shell access. If your really want a VPS, they also provide an inexpensive fully managed VPS solution. I got really tired of keeping the OS and patches up to date; I just want to get to coding. I also hate CPanel-based hosting. I believe Pair.com is a good solution when you don't want an unmanaged VPS but you don't want to pay for Heroku et al either. They're based in PA, though. So probably not the best if you're in the West coast.