# ama ask anything (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover ama ask anything. Page: Feed: --- ## [How I’m Doing at the End of 2025](https://rmondello.com/2025/12/30/how-im-doing-at-the-end-of-2025/) _2025-12-31 · Ricky Mondello · Ricky Mondello_ I am in the process of updating my résumé. Not because I’m looking for a job\[1\], but because I like to feature my résumé on my website and the current published copy doesn’t reflect my pivot from engineering management to an individual contributor role two years ago. I feel a little bit weird about the \[…\] ## [Authenticate Conference 2025 Keynote: Get the Most Out of Passkeys](https://rmondello.com/2025/11/07/authenticate-conference-2025-keynote-get-the-most-out-of-passkeys/) _2025-11-07 · Ricky Mondello · Ricky Mondello_ I gave an opening keynote at the FIDO Alliance’s “Authenticate” conference a few weeks ago! Although it featured timely strategies and tips for professionals deploying passkeys, my primary goal was to explain, as clearly as I can, why passkeys are important and how we should use them to reduce the harm that passwords cause. \[ \[…\] ## [I Co-wrote a Post on the swift.org Blog](https://rmondello.com/2025/07/04/i-co-wrote-a-post-on-the-swift-org-blog/) _2025-07-04 · Ricky Mondello · Ricky Mondello_ I recently had the privilege and pleasure of co-writing a post on the Swift programming language blog about Apple’s Password Monitoring service and its re-write from Java to Swift. The positive impact on memory use and overall throughput were stunning. Give it a read! ## [Magic Links Have Rough Edges, but Passkeys Can Smooth Them Over](https://rmondello.com/2025/01/02/magic-links-and-passkeys/) _2025-01-02 · Ricky Mondello · Ricky Mondello_ Magic links, those emailed one-time login links, are annoying and inconvenient for folks who use a password manager, but they radically accept some fundamental truths about signing in for everyone else. By layering passkeys on top of magic links, websites can provide a seamless authentication experience for all users. ## [Apple Passwords’ Generated Strong Password Format](https://rmondello.com/2024/10/07/apple-passwords-generated-strong-password-format/) _2024-10-08 · Ricky Mondello · Ricky Mondello_ This post briefly summarizes part of a talk I gave in 2018. All information in this post has been accessible on YouTube since then. There is no new information or news in this post. On Mastodon recently, jsveningsson@mastodon.social asked me: Having an annoying argument on Threads about Apple generated passwords. Every iOS Password (like hupvEw-fodne1-qabjyg) \[…\] ## [New Quirks in the Password Manager Resources open source project](https://rmondello.com/2024/09/29/new-quirks-who-dis/) _2024-09-29 · Ricky Mondello · Ricky Mondello_ Note: This post is intended for people interested in using and contributing to the Password Manager Resources open source project. I am writing it in a personal capacity, as a maintainer and contributor to an open source project that I am passionate about. I recently contributed two new quirks to the Password Manager Resources open \[…\] ## [XOXO](https://rmondello.com/2024/09/21/xoxo/) _2024-09-21 · Ricky Mondello · Ricky Mondello_ I’ve never attended a conference before in a personal capacity\[1\]. Sure, I’ve worked events my employer has put on and spoken at conferences about what I do professionally, but I’d never paid money to show up somewhere just to learn, get inspired, or hang out. That changed a few weeks ago, when I visited Portland, \[…\] ## [Consider Slowing Down When Switching Password Managers](https://rmondello.com/2024/09/19/consider-slowing-down-when-switching-password-managers/) _2024-09-19 · Ricky Mondello · Ricky Mondello_ Important Note: Although I work at Apple and am deeply involved in the creation of its new Passwords app, in this post I am speaking only for myself and not for Apple. There is no “news” in this post, or any kind of “inside scoop”. My intention is to help the kind of person who \[…\]