[organsnyder]

Cloudflare tunnels are easy to set up. Otherwise, serving directly can be an option if you have a public static IP from your ISP or a public dynamic ISP and are okay with doing dynamic DNS.

IMHO the key is to have a good router/firewall that gives you the flexibility you need—ideally a custom box like OP. My software preference is opnsense, but there are plenty of other good options.

[ozarker]

I'm hosting my blog on machines running at home accessible via a Cloudflare tunnel. It works very well in my experience. And it's nice not having ports open to the internet or having to mess with dynamic dns.