from Hacker News

Ask HN: Is creating an OAuth app frustrating, time-consuming, and shit?

by Manik_agg on 7/29/23, 11:55 PM with 2 comments

At Poozle (https://github.com/poozlehq/engine), I have created over 40+ OAuth apps and have dreaded every time we had to build them. Everything with Oauth is shit! You have to fill out numerous application details and finding the right scopes is a nightmare. Once you submit an application, there is often too much back-and-forth before the app is finally approved.

Possible Solution: I am considering to build an AI-powered browser extension for myself that automates the Oauth process with the following features:

1. Auto-Fill: Pre-fills 80% of the information required to create your app.

2. Scopes: Suggests scopes based on your use case and helps you understand them better.

Let me know your thoughts in comments, let me know if you folks want to try it out, I will reach out to you.(https://forms.gle/cgsyEpTG5M9BhAHE6).

  • by PaulHoule on 7/30/23, 12:00 AM

    OAuth is more of an "authentication construction set" than an actual authentication protocol.

    There are 881,123 Y Combinator startups founded on the idea that "APIs are hard, let's go shopping" and boy do they splog a lot of content to get some visibility in a world that doesn't care. The thing is that APIs are the easiest kind of programming, they're a lot simpler than writing an optimizing compiler for Intel Itanium or writing a FORTRAN simulation of an atom bomb or writing "Hello World" in React... Except for that bit about logging in.