A month at NetBird: agents devs ignore the networking layer at their peril
victorialslocum · x · 2026-11-04
An engineer from the vector-database/agent world shares lessons after one month at NetBird, an open-source networking tool:
- Networking basics matter: how DHCP assigns IPs, connecting to devices without open ports, what a port even is — agent developers rarely think about this layer.
- Long-lived shared API keys are a liability: breach frequency led to the nickname "Black October"; short-lived, fine-grained credentials are the way forward.
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