So, the thing we have right now is Tailscale - and it's freaking awesome.

But I want the next thing. Which is like Tailscale2, but for people, not machines.

I want to tell Tailscale2 about all of the people in my life, and which of my self-hosted apps they're allowed to talk to. And if they're also running a self-hosted app, then I want our apps to federate together.

It feels like we're suuuuuper close to having this.

I get that you can basically do this with Tailscale. Basically. But I want the next thing to be designed from the ground-up around this kind of design. People, sharing apps with each other.

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drew_lytle 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

Sounds interesting and kind of similar to https://solidproject.org/. Thanks for reading and commenting!

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fragmede 5 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You can invite other users into your tailnet.

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VikingCoder 5 days ago | parent [-]

Right, but that doesn't work when I have a hundred friends, and they each have a hundred friends, and etc.

If I "Share" nodes on my tailnet with a hundred people, it's way closer to what I want.

	▲	fragmede 5 days ago \| parent [-]
		Tailscale lets you grant various admin roles to other users, but it does also let you share individual nodes to people. Maybe that suits you're needs? It's on you to manage the human trust relationships though, but no technology can fix that problem for you.

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nicman23 5 days ago | parent | prev [-]

that is just usenet with extra steps

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VikingCoder 5 days ago | parent [-]

No, thanks. I want to limit the number of people I share content with. Not broadcast to the world.

	▲	nicman23 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		that is just private trackers with extra steps :P