Noted. After brainstorming here for a bit, we’ll have a few options. 
Kinda fascinating…
Please give me a short list! I’ve found a few coops that look, I don’t know, as cared for as SDF’s site, which isn’t great for me. I don’t mind minimal design (see https://prgmr.com for the “SDF aesthetic” while remaining useful), but they have these membership processes, and maybe my personality doesn’t mesh with that well. I don’t like being judged by strangers if I can use their hardware…
Wow, lots to unpack there!
I am still deciding if I want one big ol’ server, or really double down on VPS configs and cloud tools, as I also do enjoy that.
And of course there is:
https://social.coop/@Greg/100188380997474915
The resulting conversation certainly gave me some ideas!
I am gonna chew on these for a bit, see what I actually need. But let’s definitely start listing VPS providers that are less suck!