Fixing my ridiculous fridge with a tiny Funnel site

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Discover how Tailscale Funnel powers a lightweight custom web dashboard on a Samsung smart fridge and when to choose private access with Tailscale Serve.
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A slow Samsung smart fridge inspired a lightweight, self-hosted transit dashboard that displays bus, train, and bike-share information in seconds. Using Claude Code, Docker, Node.js, and Tailscale Funnel, the author built a minimal website accessible both at home and on mobile devices without configuring a reverse proxy or VPS. The article also explains the critical difference between Funnel's public internet access and Serve's private, tailnet-restricted connections, showing why the right exposure method depends on the data and security risks involved.