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I don't get it. Is it gone? The author doesn't tell what happened since then. Aside from newer machines and modern software, things in the LAN haven't changed much, right?

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Of course it’s not gone, although I suspect there’s a very large number of people who would be surprised to learn either that their Wi-Fi network at home is actually a LAN or that a LAN has utility outside of just providing access to the Internet.

Yeah that was my first thought seeing the title - what ‘remembering,’ I’m on a LAN right now, it’s nothing special.

The meaning probably includes having at least a few computers talking to each other at home, instead of the sad clone army of NATed web browsers.

My thoughts after reading the article is that the author compares learning networks and computers isolated on a LAN vs. in the modern world of connected SaaS and the like. That the subject matter is different, less exciting.

It's like comparing a company in its startup phase to its soulless corporate behemoth phase.

And, it's a tailscale blog so it segues to their business.

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