I know that this article was basically an ad for Tailscale, which happens to be a product I've really grown to love, but it still struck a chord in me. I share

I know that this article was basically an ad for Tailscale, which happens to be a product I've really grown to love, but it still struck a chord in me. I share the yearning for the "good old days" when we could just do stuff on the Internet and it felt limitless. The spirit of build over buy felt different then, too. While I don't have a parent who wrote practice management software, I remember a particular niche music store we'd go to using Fox Pro to manage their inventory and catalog. I wish I saw more of that today. As it happens, I was thinking of whipping up a Rails app to help my wife with a particular task she's got, and it occurred to me I can host it in our basement if I install Tailscale on her phone and computer, and it will just work, particularly if they can get identity integrated beyond joining a tailnet. So maybe the author's point is valid but overstated, and it still exists somewhat, just less often.