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327 points Quizzical4230 | 5 comments | | HN request time: 0.001s | source
1. switz ◴[] No.46195783[source]
I have tailscale running on my robot vacuum. It's my own little autonomous mesh vpn node that lets me connect back to my home network when I'm on the go.
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2. eyjafjallajokul ◴[] No.46195845[source]
Please share more details! This sounds so cool!
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3. switz ◴[] No.46196292[source]
You can root certain models of robot vacuums and then ssh into them. Most run some variant of linux. Then just install tailscale. There are a few blogs out there of people who have done it[0][1].

It's taking a cloud-based product, de-clouding it, and then connecting it to your own private 'cloud'. Pretty cool all things told.

[0] https://kazlauskas.me/entries/tailscale-doesnt-quite-suck

[1] https://tailscale.com/blog/tailscale-sucks

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4. dan_can_code ◴[] No.46202544{3}[source]
What value do you get from installing tailscale on your robot vacuum?
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