Tailscale is significantly easier to set up than Cloudflare alternatives for connecting remote machines.
Wes tried Cloudflare's approach alongside Scott's Tailscale setup and found it far more complex, recommending Tailscale as the easier first choice. ✦ AI generated
Wes Bos · Syntax · 2026-07-22 · original ↗
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I only went the like Cloudflare route cuz Scott was all in on Tailscale. I was like, we should have like a we should both do a different one and balanced take on it. But, it was it was not easy to get set up. And and even then there was like some weird issues with accessing some localhost on my phone. So, I wouldn't I would probably say check out Tailscale first.
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17:41my machines, right? So, I have it running on my phone, I have it running on MacBook here, I have it running on my NAS. Then I'm like sort of in the the Tailscale network. It is I would say it's very complex. And Tailscale is significantly easier to to get set up. I I only went the like Cloudflare route cuz Scott was all in on Tailscale. I was
18:04like, we should have like a we should both do a different one and balanced take on it. But, it was it was not easy to get set up. And and even then there was like some weird issues with accessing some localhost on my phone. So, I wouldn't I would probably say check out Tailscale first. >> Yeah, and the nerds in the chat are going to say just use freaking
18:23WireGuard. WireGuard being the I believe the protocol which Tailscale works. Let me tell you about Tailscale. Tailscale has user management, it has device management and white listing where like it pops up in a nice UI and it's like, this device is trying to join them. And you don't want to accept them, you want to give them a new name. There's a whole host of cool magic DNS stuff. I will
18:44tell you Tailscale rocks and the free tier is excellent. So, >> And the free tier you get six users. So, that's that's your whole your whole family. That's my whole family. I got we got six people in our family. >> I can even get for me it's like I give access to my dogs. So, >> [laughter] >> I don't have I don't have I don't have two additional kids, but I
19:08do have two dogs. So, they can get access to my Tailscale network. Tailscale, huh? Tail dog tail okay. Um, let's talk about the next tool on my list is Zed. It's a text editor. Wes is not happy with the the tail. >> [laughter] >> Continue. >> Not happy with it. Hey, it's You know what? You got to You got to You got to throw some balls out there
19:31sometimes and see if they get some hits. Um, baseball. So, Zed. Zed is a text editor that I like to use and the reason I like to use it is the remote setup is really stinking nice on it. I just want to do a new remote connection. It has SSH built in and then again, I just pop my details in there and I can browse any of my projects. I