[2bluesc]

For servers sure, but things like `tailscale` exist to save every laptop and cell phone from looking like a devops project.

Furthermore you could extend this argument almost every other cloud service with a primary feature of "convenience" and/or "management". Just build everything yourself.

[withinboredom]

a hub-and-spoke model comes to mind, instead of a mesh. That would probably help a lot with the management aspect, at least for consumer devices.