Aaron Parecki

OAuth is like a library card. It lets you check out books without having to carry them home.

There might be a case for a "History of Web Design" course, where people learn about various developments since the mid 90s as a timeline. That would help anyone trying to figure out WTAF is going on in the space these days.

the original tweet wasn't me being nostalgic, it was about the fact that ad-driven apps are simpler and will therefore win. until that happens, creativity and expression will be captured by large, privacy-invading companies.

OAuth is like the guy at the door of the party you want to get in. If he likes you, he'll let you in. If not, then you're just stuck outside.

Put outlets in the ceiling and connect them to a wall switch. Then you can mount studio lights and switch them on so you never need to climb on a stool to reach them. 👍
Put a pre-run Ethernet port in the ceiling to mount your wifi access point. 😉

I remember the first time I used OAuth. It was a little scary, but I knew that if I just kept typing in the code my friends told me to type in, everything would be okay.

You're making me nostalgic for the dotcom days

Please transport me to your utopia where this isn't a thing

It's not looking good for the astronauts accompanying Shatner.

I remember the first time I used OAuth. It was a little scary, but I knew that if I just kept typing in the code my friends told me to type in, everything would be okay.

Human below flight path: “It scanned me!”
Data scientist: “*sigh* Is there budget to schedule several redundant flyovers on different days to improve the data quality?”

I got reminded of this by @benjedwards so I put it on the internet archive. It's Willow Pond's Media Rack! This is an amusingly skeumorphic all-in-one media player from 1994-1997, which was licensed by many OEMs for personalized versions.

It's here:
https://archive.org/details/willow-pond-media-rack-2.20.0.23

#DevRel protip:

1. Code a sample app
2. Publish a blog post to show how you built it
3. Build a demo script from the blog post
4. Record a screencast of your demo
5. Assemble a presentation from content
6. Present at meetups and conferences

Bonus: use @asciidoctor #ProTip

Update on this. Thanks to @aaronpk looking dashing on our OAuth HH, &his video expertise, I realized that I could get WAAAY better quality from my Canon D90.
I added a https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07K3FN5MR/ and the quality is ASTOUNDING. +, no more dealing w EOS driver vagaries!💯 worth the $ https://twitter.com/vibronet/status/1294439269906317312

I'm not sure how I feel about OAuth. It seems like a great idea, but I'm not sure it's really necessary.

This is one way to get immersed in #SIGGRAPH2021 #ImmersionRoom #Conferencing

The cat is really digging @aaronpk new audio setup.

I read Rasmus Lerdorf’s perspectives on programming when I was a kid and it made me feel so much less alone and incompetent. lmao

For some people, writing code is horrible and unpleasant and just what you need to do in order to do the thing you actually wanna do and that’s okay.

The guy who created PHP (Rasmus Lerdorf) appears to have reached some higher level of coder enlightenment

Yeah the bridge is nice… but how ‘bout this decommissioned freeway? 🤩😲