> Well...without exposing our services to the public internet and forcing our friends to signup for our weird app...

You do exactly that.

"Oh but security."

Any security you get from hiding behind a firewall is illusory at best. You still need to keep on top of updates and tech news. And I want to be able to access my stuff from wherever too.

Most of my friends don't have to, because they have me and at least 3 other friends who also self host.

There's a couple of things I won't let others in (like, my email domain. That's like my last name, so nope). But things like _sharing a video_? Yeah, I'll let them log in.

Interesting! Thanks for sharing!