Port Forwarding
The networking equivalent of giving a stranger your house key because the locksmith was too expensive
SSH Config
The file that knows where everything is and how to get there, written in a language that predates empathy
Tailscale
The VPN that made networking feel like it should have felt all along
UDP
The protocol that doesn't ask permission, doesn't apologise, and doesn't retransmit
curl
The Swiss Army Knife Where Everyone Uses the Same Two Blades