Inspired by this comment to try to learn what I’m missing.
- Cloudflare proxy
 - Reverse Proxy
 - Fail2ban
 - Docker containers on their own networks
 
Another concern I have is does it need to be on a separate machine on a vlan from the rest of the network or is that too much?


Just tailscale really.
My services are only exposed to the tailscale network, so I don’t have to worry about otger devices on my LAN.
A good VPN with MFA is all you really need if you are the only user.