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Summary

Updates my Tailscale add-on post (src/content/blog/tailscale-router-ddev-addon.md) so the instructions match how the add-on works now. @stasadev suggested the update on atj4me/ddev-tailscale-router#29.

  • Auth key setup now stores the key in the project (.ddev/.env.web.local) instead of exporting it into ~/.bashrc. The post says plainly that the shell route still works, and why it is no longer the recommended default.
  • ddev tailscale login no longer needs a key, so the prerequisites and install steps offer browser login as an alternative.
  • Notes the current DDEV minimum (v1.25.4) and the DDEV v1.25 startup fix in an update note at the top of the "How it Works" section, without turning the post into release notes.
  • Fixes a prerequisite that claimed installing Tailscale on two devices was required to generate an auth key.
  • Updates modifiedDate/modifiedComment, and the closing credit line now names the AI help used for each round of edits, including this one.
  • Wording follows .claude/rules/content.md and the AGENTS.md style list (no banned intensifiers, prose over fragments).

Supersedes #771, which I opened before reading the repo's branch/commit conventions; this branch and commit title follow them.

Manual Testing Instructions

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Check on the preview that the frontmatter renders (the "updated" note appears), the install section shows the ddev dotenv set .ddev/.env.web.local command in a code block, and no other sections changed.

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Added a real output sample to the Usage section: a captured ddev tailscale share run, including the QR code it now prints (that add-on change is atj4me/ddev-tailscale-router#33, currently in CI, releasing as v3.0.2 today). The update note at the top mentions the QR as well.

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Genericised the sample output (project URL and the QR code itself now use a placeholder tailnet name).

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atj4me force-pushed the 20261102_atj4me_tailscale_post_update branch from d22b34d to 25e30fc Compare November 3, 2026 01:24
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Update: the share QR change shipped today as add-on v3.0.2 (atj4me/ddev-tailscale-router#33), so the sample output in this PR now matches the current release.

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