> if you just want control of files, a vps with a domain name in front will get you pretty far.

I have that already, now I just need to figure out if there are any awesome selfhosting software solutions I can deploy or if I just go for a nginx + FTP solution.

Tbh, I'm not sure I care too much about geo local caching. If someone on the other side of the world use 300 ms extra to load my beautiful robot face so be it 😂