It feels like every single web service wants to use OAuth to get user data, and for good reason too. The alternatives include requiring users to create access tokens manually (yikes) and asking users to input their usernames/passwords to impersonate them (giga yikes). At least with OAuth, users get to see a pretty screen with a big “Approve” button.| preyneyv’s blog
Modern hardware is unbelievably fast. The M1 Max that I’m writing this article on runs at 3.2GHz. That is 3.2 BILLION clock cycles per second. Yet, Microsoft Teams takes 3 seconds to open a link, and I refuse to believe it takes 9.6 BILLION clock cycles to open a link. Obviously, that’s an over-simplification, but the point stands: how is it that hardware gets faster, but the applications we use only get slower?| preyneyv’s blog