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Aaron Parecki

Aaron Parecki
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Hi, I'm Aaron Parecki, Director of Identity Standards at Okta, and co-founder of IndieWebCamp. I maintain oauth.net, write and consult about OAuth, and participate in the OAuth Working Group at the IETF. I also help people learn about video production and livestreaming. (detailed bio)

I've been tracking my location since 2008 and I wrote 100 songs in 100 days. I've spoken at conferences around the world about owning your data, OAuth, quantified self, and explained why R is a vowel. Read more.

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  • Aaron Parecki
    In two weeks I'll be speaking at the MCP Dev Summit in San Francisco! It's going to be a great day packed with back to back sessions.

    In less than a year, the MCP project has quickly reshaped how developers are building AI agents. My talk, "Intro to OAuth for MCP Servers", will cover the basics of the new MCP authorization protocol and set the stage for building secure MCP servers.

    https://mcpdevsummit.ai/#agenda
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 70°F
    likes 1 reply
    #mcp #oauth #okta #ai
  • Aaron Parecki
    This is so silly, I just need to vent. I have this Krups waffle iron, and part of the locking handle has been broken since I got it. I took it apart (really just removed like 6 screws) and there's clearly a plastic part that broke off inside.

    So I go to the Krups website and find the replacement part which is available for $3.90, except that shipping is $15.

    I emailed their customer support and said I need this replacement part. They wrote back that parts are available on the website for out-of-warranty repairs. I wrote back that it's still under warranty. Their reply:

    "Disassembling the unit will void the warranty."

    So I called up support to see if they would say anything different on the phone. They asked for my name and then pulled up my ticket, and the guy confirmed that because I opened it up I voided the warranty, and that they don't do warranty repairs by sending out parts anyway.

    So apparently I was not supposed to diagnose the problem myself, instead I was supposed to ship it to the appliance repair store in Seattle for them to replace the part and ship it back. It just seems so wasteful and expensive to mail it back and forth when all I need is this $3.90 part.
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 50°F
    1 mention
    #warranty
  • Aaron Parecki
    I absolutely do not understand the math on this, but it does make sense intuitively.

    https://docs.vention.io/docs/designing-with-t-slot-aluminum-extrusions
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 61°F
    1 reply
    #physics #aluminum #mechanics
  • Aaron Parecki
    oh no I just realized tomorrow is Monday
    Portland, Oregon, USA • 56°F
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