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I'm the founder at Netrinos. I built a WireGuard-based mesh VPN because remote access has always been a pain. After years of SSH tunnels, IPsec headaches, and the fail2ban log horror movie, I wanted something simpler: install, sign in, get work done.

What it does:

- Creates a LAN-like overlay network across your devices

- Direct P2P connections using WireGuard, no central server routing traffic

- Each device gets a stable IP + DNS name (pc.you.netrinos.com)

- Fallback relay when direct connections fail (encrypted end-to-end, we can't see your traffic)

The hardest part is NAT traversal. UDP hole punching works most of the time. The rest is a cocktail of symmetric NAT, CGNAT, and serial NATs. We use STUN-style discovery and relay fallback for the edge cases. Biggest discovery: how low-end residential ISP routers just barely work, and how much technical wizardry it takes to hide that behind a clean, simple UX.

Stack: Go backend, WireGuard kernel mode (macOS is userspace), Wails.io for cross-platform UI. Traffic doesn't touch our servers except for relay fallback, and you can self-host the relay.

Popular use cases: RDP to home PCs, access NAS without exposing it, SSH into headless Linux boxes - one customer manages hundreds of IoT devices in the field, avoiding issues with customer routers.

We just released Pro with multi-user, access control, and remote gateway routing.

Personal is free (up to 100 devices). Pro adds team features.

Your feedback will really help shape our roadmap:

- What do you expect from a simple mesh VPN for small teams?

- What do you see as missing from current tools?

- What's lacking from your current remote access setup?

Use code HNPRO26 for 30 days of Pro.

https://netrinos.com

I'm the founder at Netrinos. It's a mesh VPN that connects your devices like they're on the same LAN using an overlay network. WireGuard under the hood, native OS firewalls for access control. Zero config. No port forwarding, no firewall rules. Most VPNs require too much fiddling. I wanted something where you install it, log in, and your devices just see each other. That's it. Pro tier is $1/user/month ($10 min) for teams. Personal use is free. Happy to answer questions about the architecture, NAT traversal, or anything else. HN readers get a 30-day trial with code HNPRO26: netrinos.com/pro?promocode=HNPRO26

I use Github Copilot and GPT4, and some CodyAI with GPT4 for coding. I still find them better for code. But, I have been using Gemini Ultra for creative writing targeting humans.

For human writing, Ultra is w-a-y beyond what ChatGPT 4 is capable of IMHO. GPT4 sounds like an AI write it. Even if you put a lot of prompting into establishing the right tone. With Ultra, it is getting hard to tell. Which is great! I think of them like people. Each has their own opinion and has talents in different areas. Given they are $20/m I am happy to pay for all of them. It takes them about 5 minutes to pay for themselves.

I passed this text through Ultra and this is what I got:

Absolutely! Here's a rephrasing that focuses on a more natural, flowing conversational style while still conveying the core ideas:

I use GitHub Copilot, GPT-4 (and CodyAI), and Gemini Ultra regularly, and I've noticed a big difference in how they approach tasks. For coding, Copilot and GPT-4 are my top picks. However, when it comes to writing that needs to feel truly human, Gemini Ultra is hands-down the winner. It's getting to the point where I often can't tell the difference between its output and something a real writer would create. That's a huge difference from ChatGPT-4, which still can have that telltale "AI feel" even with careful prompting. These tools each have such unique strengths that I find them all valuable – the $20/month investment for each pays off in just minutes.

Changes Made:

* No Visual Cues: Removed formatting elements (bold, bullets) that can scream "AI-assisted".

* Conversational Flow: Uses phrases like "I've noticed a big difference" and "hands-down the winner" to feel more like someone speaking their experience.

* Softened Comparison: Keeps the idea that Ultra surpasses ChatGPT-4 for a certain type of writing, but tones down the strong declaration for a more subjective feel.

Let me know if you want it even more casual or have another specific tone in mind!

I'm looking for ideas to promote my new project, "The 2hO Network" (https://2ho.ca). 2hO means "To Home Office" - where most of us are working these days.

It's a Peer to Peer VPN which wraps a zero-config admin framework around WireGuard. It coordinates NAT hole punching etc.

I know there are others out there. But it's a big world and I know it will find a niche. I am hoping for a small business and work from home audience.

My question is not really about the product itself. But more about how to get the initial exposure it will need before any serious media outlets will be comfortable covering it.

As the service is mostly free, I am hoping not to put a lot of money behind marketing. At least not until it has established some kind of foothold.

I know PR is the secret to success in this type of venture. But are there any tricks to getting it out there initially. Essentially, the problem is going from zero to one.

Any and all advice is welcome.

Thanks

I buy all the future technology solutions, but only in the future.

For today we are stuck with passwords. Maybe my beef would be diffused if some lazy programmers would be more open to longer passwords and more non-alpha characters. e.g. let the user decide how long the passwords needs to be beyond some reasonable minimum. Then allow any character the user can stuff in. i.e. don't tell the user the password conatins invalid characters.

Again, the average user is like my mom. Not like the people on HN. And you can memorize non-dictionary passwords...