Caddy has this feature built-in. It looks nice too.

recipes.local {
	root * /srv
	file_server
}

https://caddyserver.com/docs/caddyfile/directives/file_server

There’s also File Browser.

aerc for email

I run Hyprland on Arch. It seems most of the people who run window managers instead of full fledged desktop environments prefer the minimalism of Arch.

Came here to suggest Onshape. It spoiled me for all other CAD software. (But it is web-based and proprietary.)

I had the same problem as OP. My solution was to port forward to my server but then block connections from all IP addresses accept from my work, which I added to an allowlist.

It’s working well so far, but I think the Cloudflare tunnel is the better option.

In the screenshots of people setups, there are always fancy terminals.

Ha, they’re just showing off their hacker side for the screenshot, plus terminals resize nicely. Tiling window managers work well for most apps. The only GUI issues I’ve had are some pop-up windows being tiled instead of floating, but that’s an easy fix. They’re not for everyone, but they work great with GUI apps.

Run your web browser from RAM for faster browsing.

https://github.com/graysky2/profile-sync-daemon