Developer Relations Identity Access Management
In this article, I have summarized the Best Current Practice for OAuth 2.0 Security for developers implementing OAuth or OIDC in their apps. I have condensed the contents into a (hopefully) more approachable format. The post OAuth 2.0 Security Best Practices for Developers appeared first on Kim Maida .
It's 2023, and it's time for a new presentation repertoire! Here are the talks I plan to create and deliver *new* this year. The post New Talks in 2023: Identity, Security, and Measuring Developer Relations appeared first on Kim Maida .
Measuring Developer Relations has been a topic of discussion, debate, confusion, and uncertainty for the duration of DevRel’s existence as a discipline. How do we measure Developer Relations? Over the course of my career leading Developer Relations (from manager to executive roles), I have seen dozens of articles and presentations sharing philosophies for measuring DevRel, or suggestions for…
While creating new projects and initiatives throughout my career as a strategic leader, I have created the following project framework. All of my projects originate in this format, which clearly defines objectives, problems to be solved, and how the project should be carried out. The post Effective Project Planning appeared first on Kim Maida .
My partner and I love to play boardgames, and especially Catan, but for many years, there were only two of us in the household, and Catan — by its standard rules — is not well-suited to only two players. Through trial and error and experimentation with many different adjustments and variations, we came up with a really solid set of Catan 2 player rules. We've played this variant scores of times…
To effectively drive sustainable developer growth and engagement for products that serve developers, I created the Developer Empowerment flywheel. When connecting with developer audiences on behalf of an organization, driving developer growth and engagement needs to be cross-functional, measurable, and scalable. The post How to Drive Developer Growth and Engagement appeared first on Kim Maida .
Let's dig into the developer audience and what developers are looking for when we evaluate products, technologies, and even the very companies that market to us. How can Developer Relations teams form a positive and lasting connection with their developer audience? The post How to Connect with Your Developer Audience appeared first on Kim Maida .
The battle over which department Developer Relations belongs in continues to be long and ongoing. Does DevRel belong in Product? Marketing? Engineering? Any of the above? None of the above? The post Which Department Does Developer Relations Belong In? appeared first on Kim Maida .
When I started learning about JSON Web Tokens, there were some things that were straightforward to understand — and some concepts that felt like "hidden secrets" of JWT lore. 🧙♂️ This article aims to demystify signing and validating JSON Web Tokens, with little need for security or cryptography knowledge. The post How to Sign and Validate JSON Web Tokens (JWT) appeared first on Kim Maida .
Authentication and authorization are necessary for many of the applications we build. Maybe you’ve developed apps and implemented authentication and authorization in them — possibly by importing a third party auth library or by using an identity platform. Maybe you got the job done, but you really weren’t clear on what was happening behind the scenes, or why things were being done a certain way.…