I have an old laptop lying around and I have been meaning to self host some stuff on it but never got around to it.
My biggest limitation is that I only have WIFI and I do not control the network. It’s basically your default residential WIFI network.
The only thing I actually need is self-hosted cloud. What can I utilize this laptop for?
Why would you be?
Generally Tailscale uses an app on every device to be a member of the Tailscale Virtual Mesh network.
Though by using the Funnel, Serve, and Subnet Router features you can access things without the Tailscale client app.