To simplify my setup I bought a Synology NAS, crammed disks into it, then setup a bunch of Docker instances on it. I have game servers for the kids on it, plex

To simplify my setup I bought a Synology NAS, crammed disks into it, then setup a bunch of Docker instances on it. I have game servers for the kids on it, plex, pihole, home assistant and a few others plus I keep adding to it. I setup a static IP the otehr day and a cloudflare account to proxy things through it. Later I plan on setting up a VPN service (probably Tailscale) and maybe look at the cloudflare zero trust setup. I'm contemplating putting a mail server up as well. all of this in docker instances on my NAS. its cheap effective, simple and damned effective for home use. There is a good community about it and lots of online guides. This way I dont have to worry/spend too much time on hardware and OS level stuff and can just setup docker apps for the new needs i have. it lets me play around while not burning too much home time while adding services and capability to my family. Seriously.. look into it.