Knossos

Of course!

https://selfh.st/survey/2024-results/

It is a great self hosting resource: https://selfh.st/

Germany is also 2nd for self hosters, after US. According to a self hosting survey.

That's always a danger.

You could host the server on its own vlan and use tailscale to tunnel from a VPS to your server. This way your IP isn't exposed to the public. You can also add crowdsec or similar on the VPS.

I do the same thing with traefik on my dirt cheap VPS.

I watched that episode last night!

You could try wormhole. It makes a direct connection.

This is the way.

Check out Immich Kiosk as an example for image frames.

Also Cloudflare adds a caching layer, often physically closer to users. Increasing speed of delivery and reducing server costs. It's a no-brainer for server admins.

Also, I don't work for Cloudflare either. The animosity is new to me, and certainly something I'll look into.

BODMAS

Your device is possessed. Time to call an exorcist.

"Insightful anecdote."

Traefik is great. NPM is super easy to setup. The only downside is customisation. Traefik can do so much more.

Ecowitt has been really good. I've had my station for two years now. Great equipment.