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Over the last couple of years I’ve had an offline-ready setup for core
systems like email. My primary use case for this was scenarios like
travel or working outdoors.
More recently, I’ve been thinking about an idea that’s not fully online
and not fully offline. But “thinline”. It’s a controlled access to
necessary systems while blocking the optional and distracting. I can
currently trigger going offline using a script that turns off wifi but
when I’m at home I would still like access to services on my local
network like my network attached storage that my music is on, or other
services like my network-connected heat pump and electricity monitoring
tools.
I’m experimenting with this and will report back when I have something
useful to share.
Update: I wrote a script that helps me manage this “thin” connection.
Read about it here: