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Linker, can you spare a meg? (2021)
Tailscale on iOS runs as a special kind of app, a Network Extension. This lets us run in the background, so we can secure traffic from all of your applications, without them having to change anything. But with this power comes a memory straightjacket. Normal iOS apps can use 5GB or so of memory before iOS kills them…
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Software EngineeringSystems & Performance2022
On Hacker News
| Submitted | Title on HN | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2022 | Linker, can you spare a meg? (2021) by firloop | 115 | 41 |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Hey linker, can you spare a meg? by luu | 31 | 2 |
