I use alpine with an ssh port exposed to the internet so I can connect to it. This doesn’t seem to be an issue if you configured your settings to be secure.

Never use just default settings.

I went with Alpine Linux for hosting because of this. I like up how my light setup runs completely in RAM, saving the SD card for a while.

I forward my port to my bastion host, and reverse tunnel to it when I want to access my stuff.

My router allows you to set a device in the DMZ zone which will let you use your routers IP as its address.

To be honest, I have no preference, I just followed whatever order guide was on my crimper. Didn’t seem to matter.

Inflation will start to increase as well as the federal reserve cuts rates. Housing will become more expensive as a result and rent will follow shortly after.