The internet is no longer a safe haven

I do not have a solution for blog like this but if you are self hosting I recommend enabling mTLS on your reverse proxy.

I'm doing this for a dozen services hosted at home. The reverse proxy just drops the request if user does not present a certificate. My devices which can present cert can connect seamlessly. It's a one time setup but once done you can forget about it.

That's fine if you're hosting stuff just for yourself but not really practical if you're hosting stuff you want others to be able to read, such as a blog.

You can mTLS to CloudFlare too, if you’re not one of the anti-CloudFlare people. Then all traffic drops besides traffic that passes thru CF and the mTLS handshake prevents bypassing CF.

You don't need mTLS for that. Just block all IPs beside for Cloudflare's ranges.

Wireguard is much better. Not only is it easier to set up/maintain, it even works on Android and iOS. I used to use client authentication for my private git server, but getting client certs installed on every client browser or app was a pain in the ass, and not even possible for some mobile browsers.

Today, my entire network of self hosted stuff exists in a personal wireguard VPN. My firewall blocks everything except the wireguard port (even SSH).