User Auth
by DannyOver the past week I've been working on implementing user authentication. Initially sign in / sign up through Twitter will be the only authentication method allowed. The reasons for this are many, but I'm assuming if you're open to working in public you probably already have a Twitter account... or are willing to create one to sign up for Bulletlist.
In addition, I've also set up a good amount of the backend services. The next thing I will be working on in the coming weeks is creating the experience around publicly sharing what you're working on (this is the fun part!).
I've had some conversations with others on how this could best be implemented. I don't want to force you to share everything publicly (you might have some sensitive info in some tasks) but I also don't want to make sharing progress a burden. I have some ideas around this that will be made apparent over the next couple of weeks as this gets fleshed out.
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"Snap"! I'm documenting my milestones post, and noticed your headline. My main achievement last week for my cloud app was sign in/sign up too.
You've taken an interesting decision in only allowing Twitter authentication. I may be very rare, but I'd have reservations about being obliged to use a social media service. I've clicked away from sign-ups when Google seems to be the only way in. That might just be me, maybe have a quick chat with your peers as to how they feel about it.
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Congrats on the progress :-)
I'm not saying it's going to be the "only way in" forever. Just for now because I've got wayy more important code to write!
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