That’s not “Windscribe as my VPN”, it’s a VPN to Windscribe’s servers.
You want to setup a VPN to your home network. This is one option: https://tailscale.com/
Andor
Yes!! I can SSH into mine! Just fuggin wild that they run Ubuntu =-D
Try Predestination.
I’ve found this page to be super helpful over the years:
When my youngest daughter died.
“An hour long video on a fridge, huh?” YUUUP! :-D
I think looking at openscale would be worthwhile:
https://github.com/oliexdev/openScale/wiki
Looks like it can push to mqtt? Huh, that’s new to me.
Also, if you want HA, there’s this:
https://github.com/lolouk44/hassio-addons/blob/master/mi-scale/DOCS.md
Good luck!