Auth, Identity, and Single Sign-On in Practice

Providing auth in your platforms can get really expensive really quickly, as your 3rd-party vendor costs grow as a function of your user base grows. I had a chance to write about a great way to implement authentication, authorization, and SSO in a scalable and practical manner. I hope you like it.

https://betterprogramming.pub/low-cost-auth-identity-and-single-sign-on-f8adad300025

GraphQL Federation, Domain Autonomy, and You

Federated GraphQL, as imagined by Midjourney

Hello, hello. It’s been a while but I’m finally getting a chance to document some of my favorite engineering design patterns and tools adopted over the years, and how to leverage them in your own systems.

First up is a great lever to pull when addressing issues of scalability and domain ownership in your growing platform: GraphQL Federation. I hope you like it.

GraphQL Federation for Cross-domain Bliss