February Tailscale newsletter

The February Tailscale newsletter highlights new features, community contributions, and updates surrounding the Tailscale VPN service. Key announcements include the public beta release of a sharing feature, which allows users to securely invite others outside their network to access devices, ideal for scenarios like sharing media servers or granting temporary contractor access. The release of Tailscale v1.4 introduces improvements in bandwidth, battery, and CPU usage, along with enhanced device management capabilities through the use of machine names and MagicDNS. The community has been actively contributing through articles, podcasts, and projects, such as setting up Tailscale with BSD and creating Terraform modules for AWS integration. Notably, Scott Hanselman and Avery Pennarun discussed the evolution of networking, while Brad Fitzpatrick shared insights on building a startup using Go. Looking ahead, Tailscale plans to introduce "exit nodes," enabling users to route all non-Tailscale traffic through a specific device.