Yep. And Tailscale is the only VPN (like a mesh network, not "let me watch BBC Channel 4 from the US") product I'm aware of that someone who mostly understands cans, strings, and crowds, can setup in half an hour (with maybe just a couple questions to a tech person).
I know enough about all the nuts and bolts under the hood with Tailscale and that makes it feel MORE magical to me, that with all those things to deal with, it still just works. And it's no compromise (uses wireguard, etc)
The last time I saw that level of magic was in a product called Hamachi. It Just Worked™ more than a decade ago. LogMeIn bought them and ruined it.
But with Hamachi I didn't know how it worked under the hood.
I know enough about all the nuts and bolts under the hood with Tailscale and that makes it feel MORE magical to me, that with all those things to deal with, it still just works. And it's no compromise (uses wireguard, etc)
The last time I saw that level of magic was in a product called Hamachi. It Just Worked™ more than a decade ago. LogMeIn bought them and ruined it.
But with Hamachi I didn't know how it worked under the hood.