b) I was aware of using tailscale or a VPN. I don’t really want to do that as it requires running my whole connection through home Internet.
c) I also want to setup a reverse proxy even if I do only use it locally just so I am not dealing with ports and IPs. No bookmarks are not practical I have too many as it is.
d) At this point I am doing this the “right” way or at least the complex way because I can.