The idea of having your server just over there, and being able to touch it is a nice feeling and a great spectacle.

But in the age of scrapers, APT bots and whatnot, I don't want that kind of whirlwind in my home network, even though I can isolate it to its DMZ.

I sit in front of a fat pipe at work and can witness what a single, lone server has to stand against even with best practices applied to minimize its attack surface.

This is why all my personal servers are out there. I don't want my network to become a defense point.