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I starter my home server with a laptop. I did nextcloud, paperless, jellyfin + *arr services, photoprism, and a few others.
Not having control over your network is the biggest hurdle because you kind of need a fixed IP to access it.
However, there are some services to broadcast your hostname to the local network (e.g. so you can log in with serveruser@myserver over SSH).
You may be able to use that to access your containers from the network, but just keep in mind that other users on the local network can also access your server.
Local only does not provide much value over what I have, unfortunately. I would probably just use KDEconnect for that.
Fixed IP doesn't matter today with virtual/mesh network approaches like Wireguard/Tailscale.
They open an outbound connection, so the router treats it like any other connection. Once the tunnel is established, inbound comms can take place.
Using Tailscale's Subnet Router enables access to local devices that can't run a TS client, while the ~~Serve and~~ Funnel options enable external access from devices that don't have the TS client installed. Edit: Serve is for sharing to TS clients that aren't part of your TS network.
It's really interesting to see these solutions today, when Hamachi was doing it 20 years ago. Glad to see it's caught on, and being developed/extended.