I personally prefer that the private key for https remain local within my network. That ensures end-to-end privacy. That's not an option when using Cloudflare.
I do use Cloudflare for public sites that don't require a login. And I have the same zero trust services running locally for accessing non-public data. My reverse proxy authenticates/authorizes each request so that I don't need to use a VPN.
Just remember not to run anything you want to remain private through it.
I started off using cloud flare tunnels. It seemed great at first until I started having problems with it. Now I just use nginx proxy manager and it works great.
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