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The Real Chad: API Consumer vs. Web Scraper
Webdev Networking Security Javascript Programming
1 month ago 141.2K views 0 shares
The Real Chad: API Consumer vs. Web Scraper
The eternal struggle between those who build APIs and those who break them. Up top, we have the "Virgin API Consumer" - shackled by OAuth, rate limits, and the constant fear of a 429 error. Poor soul thinks following documentation is actually making life easier. Meanwhile, the "Chad Third-Party Scraper" lives in digital anarchy. Armed with Selenium, cURL, and an army of captcha-solving minions, this data pirate treats your carefully crafted JavaScript defenses like wet tissue paper. Entire security teams stay awake at night because of this guy's weekend hobby. The irony? Companies spend millions trying to stop scrapers while simultaneously building their own scraping tools. It's the circle of web life.

Authenticate The Authentication
Security Typescript Programming Backend
1 month ago 124.7K views 0 shares
Authenticate The Authentication
When your authentication system is so secure, it needs to authenticate itself before authenticating users. That method signature is the programming equivalent of saying "I'm going to need to see some ID for your ID." The poor guy trapped in authentication purgatory is every developer who's had to implement OAuth2 with refresh tokens while their PM keeps asking "why can't users just login with a password?"

The OAuth Knockout
Security Webdev Javascript Programming Debugging
2 months ago 118.2K views 0 shares
The OAuth Knockout
OH. MY. GOD. The AUDACITY of me thinking I could actually finish a project before getting absolutely DESTROYED by OAuth setup! 💀 There I am, boxing gloves on, ready to conquer the world with my BRILLIANT new app idea, strutting around like I'm the next tech billionaire... and then BAM! OAuth shows up and knocks me right off my high horse into the pit of configuration despair. Just sitting there, sipping water, utterly defeated by client IDs, secret keys, and redirect URIs that refuse to cooperate. The dream dies not with a bang but with a whimper of "invalid_grant_error" for the 47th time. And they say programming is fun! THE BETRAYAL!