Fixing my ridiculous fridge with a tiny Funnel site
Websites—just websites—can still be pretty amazing. I recently rediscovered the joy of a little page with just one job, thanks to Tailscale Funnel. And all it took was reaching a breaking point with my stupid fridge.
By "stupid fridge," I mean a Samsung "SmartThings" refrigerator. My home came with a fridge, the fridge has a screen, and the screen turns on whenever you tap it, open the door, or use the water and ice dispenser. You can turn it off, but it’s the only way to track water filter usage, or turn off the ice machine. Like I said: stupid.
This “Family Hub,” powered by Samsung’s Android-esque Tizen operating system, is meant to keep calendars, weather, and other useful things showing. Except everything runs like molasses, including the app that offers a fisheye camera view of roughly 1.25 shelves inside. The fridge cannot run Tailscale (at least not yet...
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