This is definitely a good musing on when not to go for "cloudy architectures". Most often people don't really need it, this needs to be properly thought out for each project. There are costs involved which you might not make sense to pay for in your context.

Looks like an interesting project for managing your own infrastructure, I should keep an eye on it.

Interesting ideas for hosting your own infrastructure. Some things I do similarly, others I do differently. Good food for thought.