at this point why not just use Pangolin ?

using a custom domain name for email is a paid option, other wise it looks fine.

Pangolin on a cheap VPS.

just write Andy Yen

For coding with large context: Qwen3.8-27B-GSQ-RCO-IQ3_S-mtp Anything else: Qwen3.8-27B-GGUF:Q5_K_M

24GB GPU

Qwen 3.8 ( 2 variants )

Pangolin>OpenWebUI>lama.cpp for general use and available outside the homelab

Zoo Code>lama.cpp for coding , mostly scripts and html

Qwen 3.8 was a game changer for me.

I tried all of them over a few months and ended up with Immich + Syncthing.