I started my homelab with a couple exposed services, but frankly the security upkeep and networking headaches weren’t worth the effort when 99% of this server’s usage is at home anyway.
I’ve considered going the Pangolin route to expose a handful of things for family but even that’s just way too much effort for very little added value (plus moving my reverse proxy to a VPS doesn’t sound ideal in case the internet here goes down).
Getting 2 or 3 extra folks on to wireguard as necessary is just much easier.
He took the money from that franchise and went wild with it, doing whatever crazy ass roles he wants and it’s so good to see. Not to mention how incredibly outspoken he’s been about trans rights and JKR’s bigotry.