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OAuth Done Right

Security Webdev Javascript Programming Frontend

16 days ago 164.3K views 0 shares

OAuth Done Right

When you ask a junior dev to implement OAuth and they take "social login" to a whole new dimension. Normal OAuth providers? Boring! Let's authenticate with a potato, your mom, and Beef Caldereta instead! Nothing says "secure authentication flow" like logging in with a PDF or your physical address. The cherry on top is "Login with Caution" - the only button that's actually giving sound security advice here.

The OAuth Identity Crisis

Security Webdev Programming Frontend

20 days ago 145.5K views 1 shares

The OAuth Identity Crisis

OAuth has really gone off the rails lately. Started with "Login with Google" and now we've got "Login with a Potato" and "Login with your mom." Next sprint we'll probably implement "Login with your existential dread" and "Login with that weird dream you had in 2013." Security experts are frantically writing papers on the cryptographic properties of beef caldereta while developers just keep adding more buttons because the product manager said so.

Swagger Skills

Programming Webdev Security Backend

2 months ago 163.4K views 0 shares

Swagger Skills

DARLING, SWEETIE, HONEY! The absolute TRAGEDY of API documentation parties! While everyone's losing their minds over fancy Swagger UI interfaces and OAuth flows, this lone developer is just SILENTLY DOMINATING with their keyboard wizardry! The ability to type 'Bearer' plus token with one hand is the developer equivalent of being able to open a beer bottle with your eye socket - utterly useless in normal society but LEGENDARY in our weird little tech bubble! Meanwhile the peasants gather around in AWE of this basic skill that lets you keep sipping coffee with your other hand while authenticating. THE POWER! THE GLORY!

The Real Chad: API Consumer vs. Web Scraper

Webdev Networking Security Javascript Programming

6 months ago 293.9K 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

6 months ago 211.4K 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

6 months ago 195.4K 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!