Been running the docker on unraid for years in a HP slimline. Rock solid.

Yes the bigger model is quite good

Whisper is perfectly fine as a subtitle generator you can run at home and subtitle a movie in minutes

cloudflare, 10 years. Prices are not going to not move for 10 years

Proxmox with alpine containers or Unraid are both painless

go cloudflare, renew for 10 years. nobrainer.

Exactly, how ever would we keep our own tribal community safe from people who want to learn /s