The technology is great and it has no competitors. No point beating yourself up about who led its development, when there’s no alternative.

Yikes mate!

Looks like the SSL cert isn’t configured correctly.

I would like to avoid running anything thru Tailscale.

A quick google turns up plenty of results for providers that claim to offer a fixed IP not hiding behind CGNAT. I like three generally, so maybe they’re the option…

Really? Even with a specific IoT data provider?

Fair point — data only, probably around 200mb a month? Planning to run a simple web server, nothing too heavy.