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Everything is getting more and more complicated for hobbyists over time. Mandatory HTTPS certs coming eventully, APIs forcing more convoluted authentication met
by jimmaswell 7y ago
Everything is getting more and more complicated for hobbyists over time. Mandatory HTTPS certs coming eventully, APIs forcing more convoluted authentication methods, GDPR compliance (probably going to scare away a lot of people from doing anything like writing a twitter clone hobby project, or even static sites where they might have to spend extra time configuring access logging) and other burdensome laws like the one from California, getting whined at if anyone catches a whiff you use passwords to log into SSH. So many barriers that less people are going to end up participating.
- Carpetsmoker 7y ago> APIs forcing more convoluted authentication methods It's not really that convoluted: it's just setting a header with a fixed token, which is actually simpler than HTTP auth.