I'll start. I've been running 2 VPSes. One for an app that's special to me (as in I hope to make some money on it) and a second one I use to host multiple sites

I'll start. I've been running 2 VPSes. One for an app that's special to me (as in I hope to make some money on it) and a second one I use to host multiple sites and apps on. I chose to host my own email on the special one even though it's a huge pain because I feel like I need absolute control over everything. I'm pretty obsessively controlling over that server. I've even totally wiped it about 3 times because I want to be sure everything is exactly perfect from the start. On the other one I have no problem outsourcing the email as I don't plan to use it much if at all. I tried AWS for a pet project but found it to be too complicated for simple, experimental projects. I don't really get into Heroku or GAE as I have trust issues. I feel like if I can't control it then it's not reliable... Even if it is Google running it.