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Got a crazy idea for user authentication, can I get some feedback?

lluiscab on September 26, 2018

Okay, first post here, sorry if I make any mistakes. So I like to get some projects running, working on them and that stuff, the problem always co...
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Dian Fay

That sounds like way more work and moving parts you have to worry about than just creating another Twitter app. If juggling credentials is a headache there might be ways to manage your application config more efficiently without going to these lengths.

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rhymes

It's not a crazy idea, if I'm not mistaken what you're looking for is a OAuth2 reverse proxy, something like github.com/bitly/oauth2_proxy

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lluiscab

Thank you! Will take a look at this and similar projects, hopefully it helps!