esackbauer the reason i dont fully understand DNS is just because im not very social and have never really wanted to push anything but as things have gotten worse ive had more of a need for my tools outside of my network and frankly just prefer using IP over DNS when it comes to using said tools
ive constantly seen DNS as something extra not really required but its feeling very required here and thats a bit of a headache personally
i actually just use DuckDNS because it lets me put my static IP (yes its not dynamic like you thought earlier) and gives me a name that for others might be easier to remember but ik my IP like the back of my hand and thats the exact reason ive never felt the need to learn about DNS properly
i use products to cheat my way around learning things when it doesnt effect me or if there just isnt a good point (making something when there are many better alternatives)
im just looking for a good way to set this up that isnt going to start costing me since im the only mf who gonna be using ts lmao (my personal instance)