The value I assign to the time it takes me to setup the hosting myself is a lot less than the cost of running on AWS. Admittedly, the calculation is made easie

The value I assign to the time it takes me to setup the hosting myself is a lot less than the cost of running on AWS. Admittedly, the calculation is made easier by the fact that I'm not building the next Netflix or Heroku, however, neither are 95% of the other start ups out there.