JWT

5 engineers on Hacker News describe using JWT first-hand: 1 endorse it, 0 regret it, 2 are mixed.

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5first-hand users
5in production
endorse 1mixed 2regret 0uses, no opinion

“We use encrypted JWT tokens. I'm not sure it was the best choice, but it was the simplest for our needs.”

mixed · production · KaiserPro · 2019-12-13 · source ↗ · wrong label?

“I have been using JWT since it's initial push as a mainstream authentication method. There's plenty of libraries that support it and make it easier to use”

endorse · production · shocked-pikachu · 2018-12-27 · source ↗ · wrong label?

“That's not to say JWT is without thorns, but overall it's better than a centeralized point of failure.”

mixed · production · donatj · 2018-08-30 · source ↗ · wrong label?

“i have been looking at switching to PASETO instead of jwt”

neutral · production · thdxr · 2024-12-18 · source ↗ · wrong label?

“it's a bearer token encoded in JWT format for ease of debugging. From another NuGet.”

neutral · production · victorNicollet · 2018-12-27 · source ↗ · wrong label?