I use a dirt cheap $15/month OVH dedicated server running Nginx, Unicorn and Postgres. Software wise I use Rails deployed with Capistrano for most projects and

I use a dirt cheap $15/month OVH dedicated server running Nginx, Unicorn and Postgres. Software wise I use Rails deployed with Capistrano for most projects and Octopress for my blog as there's no need for blogs to be dynamic in my case.