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The AI fixed his years-long networking problem by changing one number

The AI fixed a long-running Tailscale problem by lowering the MTU.

How it works

  1. The AI fixes the long-running private-network problem
  2. By lowering the packet size limit

Why it’s worth knowing

The fix was tiny; finding it was the job.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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