Tailscale's DNS IPv6 spells out "Tailscale"
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Tailscale's DNS IPv6 spells out "Tailscale" was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 10, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 7 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #19 of 30, reached on Nov 10, 18:24 UTC. It is #19 right now, climbing from #29 to #19 over the last 6 checks.
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Related: the name for your Tailnet is randomly-generated from a list of 'tails', and a list of 'scales' in the format `<a tail>-<a scale>.ts.net`. Many puns and easter-eggs in both! Recommend giving it a quick glance, some are pretty fun. Some examples include 'fable' as a 'tail' (IE 'tale'), and 'universe' as a…
This makes me think about something. Why don't we support this as a standard? It would be nice if local ipv6 spelled out "local" imagine this: local::homelab in your url-bar just working
Is there a technical reason it starts at index 2 instead of 0?
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Is Tailscale's DNS IPv6 spells out "Tailscale" trending on Hacker News right now?
Yes. As of Nov 10, 18:24 UTC it is #19, climbing from #29 to #19 over the last 6 checks.
What is the highest rank Tailscale's DNS IPv6 spells out "Tailscale" reached?
#19 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 10, 18:24 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has Tailscale's DNS IPv6 spells out "Tailscale" been trending?
It was first seen on Nov 10, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (7 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
22 points and 10 comments; submitted by theanonymousone on Nov 10, 2026.