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Tunnels, networking, self-hosted LLMs, and AI news

Hands-on guides, protocol deep dives, and field notes on tunnels, SSH, reverse proxies, self-hosting, self-hosted LLMs, and AI - from the people building Pinggy.


Outage Incident Report Nov 6, 2023

outage incident

Incident report for the November 6, 2023 outage. Learn about steps taken to address the issue, temporary access solutions, and preventive measures implemented.

Scaling across Multiple Regions

engineering update

How Pinggy serves tunnels from three regions: the core/edge split, self-hosted PowerDNS on Postgres with WAL streaming replication, and why anycast is still hard.

Ngrok - But without downloading anything

Get localhost tunnels without downloading anything. Unlike Ngrok which requires platform-specific downloads, Pinggy works with just one command.

Remote Desktop for Raspberry Pi and other IoT devices

guide tcp raspberry pi

How to reach your Raspberry Pi desktop from anywhere over RDP using xrdp on the Pi and a Pinggy TCP tunnel. Includes the Wayland/labwc gotcha on current Raspberry Pi OS and how to work around it.

Access localhost from your phone!

update guide

Access localhost on your phone with Pinggy's QR code support. Start a tunnel, press 'u' or 'c' for QR, or use 'qr'/'aqr' usernames for persistent QR codes.

Fast DNS Records with AWS Route 53

Explore challenges and solutions for rapid DNS updates using AWS Route 53. Learn why hosting your DNS server with PowerDNS may provide a faster alternative.

Access IoT Devices from Anywhere

guide tcp

Access and manage your IoT devices including Raspberry Pi from anywhere using Pinggy TCP tunnels - no public IP required.

Simplifying Traffic Inspection with Pinggy

Discover how Pinggy's advanced traffic inspection and web debugger streamline debugging with real-time network traffic insights. Optimize workflow and performance.