I use Tailscale as a VPN to manage my personal network. The units part of this environment are:

  1. Tachyon
  2. Maelstrom
  3. Typhoon
  4. Ion
  5. Positron

Tailscale allows me to:

  1. Avoid the hassle of setting up port forwarding with a router and allows my devices to be very mobile. This is important as I move every 4 months and the only stationary device I have is Typhoon.
  2. Expose certain services like NTFY to the web so that devices not part of the network (or devices not currently using the VPN) can interact with them.
  3. Do it all for free 😎.