two winding paths leading to one server cabinet with its door open โ€” the robot walking up the left path holding a key past a pi symbol, the boy in the cap walking up the right path holding a padlock past a cloud

๐Ÿ” Same Hostname, Two Traffic Paths: Local HTTPS Without a VPN

No open ports. Real TLS at home. One IngressRoute per app. This is the networking setup I landed on after ruling out everything that required a compromise.