Ask HN: Managed Hosting Recommendations

This question has been asked here before, but not for several years, so I was wondering if any recommendations have changed. I am looking for a reliable managed VPS host where I can throw some of my hobby sites and not have to worry about them. I need a basic LAMP server with SSH, automatic SSL and unlimited websites and mysql databases. Managed, because I just want to upload and forget about maintenance.

In the past I have used:

• LiquidWeb CloudSites - Good, but they don't support automatic SSL renewal, so it became a hassle.

• A2Hosting - Good, but there are some firewall quirks that have gotten me a few times and support hasn't be great.

• Digital Ocean Apps - Experimented with this. Was expensive and some limitations like ephemeral filesystem.

• Cloudways - Been pretty happy with this one. The control panel is a little clunky and you only get 1 DB per website, but its been pretty good for me. Support is hit or miss.

• Rackspace - Good but expensive.

I can't trust any of the "10 Best Managed VPS..." articles that I find on Google because they are just affiliate link spam, so Im coming here looking for suggestions :)