I love networking, a lot. So much so that I've run my own ISP since 2024, complete with its own ASN, IPv4/6 address space, fiber optics, etc. However, do this and you quickly realize how reliant you still remain on central service providers. The internet is a mesh, but
Meshtastic
An open source, off-grid, decentralized mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices
Our Networks
Conference about the past, present, and future of building our own network infrastructures.
Our Networks
Conference about the past, present, and future of building our own network infrastructures.
Decentralised Identity 🤝 Mesh Networking - Thinking with portals
How you can invite your Bluesky friends into your Tailscale network using an OIDC shim
Mesh - Be more thoughtful with the people in your network.
Mesh is a beautiful rolodex and CRM for iPhone, Mac, Windows, and web, built automatically to help you manage your personal and professional relationships.
Pluralistic: When your ISP pays you (03 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
Except, some people do love their ISPs. Across America more than 400 community-owned fiber networks, serving more than 700 communities, bring joy and satisfaction to their customers:
Minimum viable decentralization – John Backus – Medium
If you want people to use your product, decentralize the bare minimum. Lessons from Freenet, I2P, Darknet markets, and Reddit.
The New Internet: Tailscale's Vision for the Future of Connectivity
Tailscale's CEO, Avery Pennarun, explores the future of the internet, discussing the evolution of networking, the issues with today's complex systems, and how Tailscale is simplifying connectivity for developers with a new, more efficient approach. Discover the vision for a New Internet.
Infrastructure
A meticulously careful selection of services to use for everything from securing connections on public WiFi, over storing data to retrieving e-mails. I’ve put together a collection of services that I use for personal and business purposes while on the go.
TIL: Iroh: peer-to-peer networking for app developers
I came across Iroh (via, via) today as it hit 1.0 and found it a really interesting solution to a problem I knew existed but had not thought a lot about. Judging from the comment sections, it seems pretty clear that lots of people are confused as to exactly what Iroh is. I don’t think their launch post does their product justice at all, and their tagline is “IP addresses break, dial keys instead” which sounds cool, but if you think about it for just a second, you’ll end up with lots of questions. The biggest one is: “so how is this different from a mesh VPN like Tailscale, ZeroTier, Netbird, etc.?” It’s only after reading a lot of developers’ comments on the threads that I feel I understand: Iroh is aimed at application developers who want to communicate P2P between machines running their app, while mesh networks are aimed at network admins who want to connect devices they own/manage together.
Internet
The Internet routing technology was originally based on military requirements, i.e. nuclear attack survivability. The possibility for non-hierarchical and decentralized routing makes the network quite resilient.
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Lightning Talk: Securing Your Systems with Service Mesh - Tyler Schade, Solo.io
Future Histories of Other Networks – Lori Emerson