insightsDecember 18, 2025
How Blacksmith used Tailscale Services to work around ISP degradation
TL;DR: We built a transparent proxy that routes GitHub traffic through an alternate network path with direct GitHub peering, giving our runners defence-in-depth against ISP routing failures. No code changes required for customers—GitHub Actions interact with GitHub exactly as they used to. This proxy uses the newly announced Tailscale Services for secure load balancing and Squid for high-performance proxying and caching.
Aditya Maru
communityDecember 16, 2025
Chat-tails: Throwback terminal chat, built on Tailscale
You can do a lot, building on top of Tailscale. But you can also do much less, intentionally. Here's one example.
Kevin Purdy
insightsDecember 01, 2025
Let's put Tailscale on a jailbroken Kindle
Add easier SSH, Taildrop, and secure connectivity to a Kindle that's ready to do much more.
Kevin Purdy
productNovember 17, 2025
Tailscale GitHub Action v4: faster, more reliable, and new features
This rewrite opens doors to new functionality and provides a drastically improved and smoother CI/CD experience.
Lee Briggs
insightsNovember 04, 2025
Why you should mail your parents a Tailscale node
Set up a VPN, remote tech support, file sharing, and other useful things by mailing a little Tailscale to your friends and family.
Kevin Purdy