So I’m just being introduced to the concept of using a VPN or something like Tailscale to access one’s services, instead of opening the services directly to the web, but I’m thinking for streaming purposes or just accessing your services on the run, isn’t it an annoyance having to connect to your home network all the time? Or do you keep the VPN running on your phone for example? What if you use a VPN provider for privacy purposes, wouldn’t one need to then switch VPN connection?
I can’t use VPN on my work PC so I have some services open on sub domains that aren’t in my DNS. Follow some basic rules and it’s fine. My phone is always connected to my Wireguard running on Opnsense. It’s simple, fully self hosted and works great.