You could look into using https://headscale.net/stable/ an opensource alternative to tailscale. Have yet to implement it myself as I’m using Tailscale currently, but its on my todo list :)

Dont forget theyre naturally Lucky aswell!

That sounds terrifying

Boot from USB is your friend! Use a USB to SSD connector and boot from SSD. Havent had a single storage problem since I switched to SSD :)

Can I get an ELI5 of this principle? I read the Doppler cooling part but I can’t connect the dots.

I don’t think OP was referring to small businesses (< 50 employees), but more like 1000+ employees.

• Home Assistant (running on RPi, proxied to VPS)
• Zigbee2MQTT (running on RPi)
• NodeRed (running on RPi)
• Joplin (VPS, opensource note taking app)
• Minecraft modded modpack (VPS, statech 1.0.3) Probably a couple more I’m forgetting.

This is all in docker containers behind a reverse proxy using Traefik. Im happy with the setup as it’s really versatile and so far hasn’t failed me. Biggest upgrade I’ve done is replacing the SD card of the RPi with an SSD