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Hypergrowth isn’t always easy

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Re: Hypergrowth isn’t always easy

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Post by 1dom »

elashri wrote: post #6
1dom wrote: post #5

No issues using headscale and selfhosted derp servers. Tailscale is great technology and protocol and facilitates decentralisation. Hypergrowth is a synonym for unsustainable growth. The headline here is business breaks tech, again.

How do you selfhost your own derp servers? I am curious if it is an easy like headscale itself

I use the built in derp server. I have run a standalone derp server hackily deployed for a month, it worked fine but didn't provide much benefit over the built in one. It was basically just a go package. If you're familiar with running Go code, it's straight forward to run, it's very, very light/unproductionised.

I have a todo task to integrate derp into my headscale deployment properly ("finish ansible role"), but when I picked it up last month, I noticed tailscale had release relay nodes, and they seem like they'd be better suited than dedicated derp nodes, but headscale hasn't implemented support for them yet.

tldr: not to hard to host DERP, just needs publicly facing endpoint (incl. letsencrypt) but the built in one is fine. But relay nodes look like they'll be a better option for most and I'd guess will be implemented in headscale sometime this year.

Re: Hypergrowth isn’t always easy

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Post by easton »

the__alchemist wrote: post #4
holistio wrote: post #2

Why is the cover image for the post a cartoon 69 position?

TailScale is a VPN, and the article highlights a recent increase in user base. This is likely due to VPNs being required to access pornographic materials for residents of many US states.

Notably, it's a VPN for connecting your own devices together, so unless you're deploying a server elsewhere for access to porn it's probably not for that.

Re: Hypergrowth isn’t always easy

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Post by AndrewKemendo »

1dom wrote: post #5

No issues using headscale and selfhosted derp servers. Tailscale is great technology and protocol and facilitates decentralisation. Hypergrowth is a synonym for unsustainable growth. The headline here is business breaks tech, again.

Tech is simply the reproductive organs for capitalism

So, things are working as designed for the few people that benefit

Re: Hypergrowth isn’t always easy

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Post by SideburnsOfDoom »

the__alchemist wrote: post #4
holistio wrote: post #2

Why is the cover image for the post a cartoon 69 position?

TailScale is a VPN, and the article highlights a recent increase in user base. This is likely due to VPNs being required to access pornographic materials for residents of many US states.

> This is likely due to VPNs being required to access pornographic materials for residents of many US states.

Same in the UK, recently.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg5er4ewg6o

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