I would have thought so too. Then you can get your simple deploy by adding your provider to ~/.ssh/config and setting an alias for
scp -R ./public_html sharedhosting:
in your shell rc file .. seems much easier than all this! you can even stick `gulp build && ` at the start of your alias if it so pleases you!
Then again if cloudfront + s3 can indeed come in at under $1 per month then I can see why you'd go down that route. I'd like to see what kind of sites you can host for that cost.
Yes I'll definitely expand my cloudfront + s3 for my next projects - to see how that could help. The only + for shared hosting is that I offer free shared hosting email with any hosting for my clients. Email are getting to be an expensive commodities.
Then again if cloudfront + s3 can indeed come in at under $1 per month then I can see why you'd go down that route. I'd like to see what kind of sites you can host for that cost.