Here is another example of why I turned to light blocks on a screen to enable IOT control via web browser: 

"The Goal is a web hosted app (IDE, control panel, configuration manager, etc…), served via a certificate (https) from a public domain, that talks to local (e.g. 192.168.x.x) devices via http(s), ws(s), etc… requests from the javascript in the browser. Turns out, as obvious and simple that sounds, it might not be possible." Full write up at:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BCrlBoenSeVpMbrXfw0HMXn-aOlhhMvPs0W7Pg-RUfo/edit