You can consider using a Pikapods service for this. It’s dead simple to strand up a server when you need one.

https://www.pikapods.com/apps#storage

They have Gokapi and/or PrivateBin for just about a buck per month. You can turn the service on and off whenever you like. Good company to work with, IME, too.

I believe this is the “Gang of Four” book:

“Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software”

ISBN: 0201633612

https://www.betterworldbooks.com/product/detail/design-patterns-elements-of-reusable-object-oriented-software-9780201633610

Maybe just let it REST?

Same. Except I still have to keep that garbage dump OS on my work laptop. I would not be surprised to find rooms filled with bonobo chimps, hammering away at keyboards inside their offices, “working on updates”.