Actually I don't have anything in public_html because I code in a modern language, but that's beside the point.

Ooo dig! :)  I'm intrigued, however!  Which language?  I tend to keep my CoffeeScript in a folder that is sometimes called public_html (or a subfolder) but that crap's already 2 years old (ancient!), I'm ready to move on to something modern.  Although my answer is snarky I am genuinely interested, if you don't mind answering.  :)

Brandon