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It's the technology that Tailscale uses, so why would you complicate it, adding more risk? The incident seems like it was never exploited, and it was fixed within 24 hours. 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Simple is better in that case. Just a docker-compose or two or three with app data stored directly on disk to be able to move things easily between VM/PC's if needed. If hosted on VPS, set up your containers to be accesible only through VPN and you're good to go. Things i use daily-ish: - Wireguard with wg-easy to access my home network and other way arou", "context": "", "use_case": "VPN access to home network", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: What do you run on a $5 VPS that's worth keeping online 24/7?"}, {"id": 762268658, "item_id": 47641791, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47641791", "by": "bsmith", "date": "2026-04-04", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "hosting a wg-easy container that has a nice web gui wrapper", "excerpt": "I use almost plain old wireguard, hosting a wg-easy container that has a nice web gui wrapper that makes it easy with QR codes, no configuration files to create like just wireguard. 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