"It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance."
React’s useEffect hook has indeed made life a lot easier. But there are times when you would most certainly miss the fine-grained control class-based components give you over a component’s lifecycle. One such time is when you…
Unless you have been living under a rock, you would be very used to authenticating yourself using an authenticator app on your mobile phone. But have you ever wondered how an online service is able…
Before smartphones were popular, hardware tokens that produced a HOTP code were a popular way of performing two-factor authentications. Businesses gave their customers a small electronic device that generated a number when a button was…
HMAC stands for Hash-based Message Authentication Code or Keyed-hash Message Authentication Code. We use it to verify the authenticity and integrity of data transmitted. Here, authenticity is ensuring that the data was indeed sent by…
I recently had to install and configure Jest in a React app written using Typescript and ran into quite a few roadblocks. So, I thought of detailing the steps I followed to overcome the difficulties.…
Lerna comes to our rescue when we are to manage multiple inter-dependent packages within a repository. Have a package that is a dependency of another and you don’t want to waste time building the dependency,…
Even though CIAM and IAM are technologically similar, they both serve two different purposes. Understanding these differences is very important to build a potent CIAM strategy. This article tries to explore these key differences in…
Changing the authorization code redirect URI is one of the ways by which attackers try to game the OAuth 2.0 authorization framework. This article discusses how this attack works in detail and how this attack…
User Managed Access is an OAuth-based access management protocol that allows owners of resources to passively authorize access to their resources by third parties. To understand how User Managed Access works, it is paramount that…
OpenID Connect is an authentication protocol built on top of OAuth 2.0 to facilitate identity provision and Single Sign-On. …
A primer on OAuth 2.0 for dummies by a dummy.…
This tutorial explains in detail how Redux can be integrated into your Flutter app to help manage the state of your Flutter app. …
There may be situations where you may have to take pictures remotely and view them. With a Raspberry Pi single-board computer, Pi Camera and Socket.IO server, creating a DIY remote camera has never been easier.…
Needless to say, WordPress’ Gutenberg editor has made life easy for a lot of people. You no more need additional plugins, shortcodes, and theme customizations to format your posts to fit your various needs. I…
Docker helps keep your development and production environment constant allowing swift migration of apps from development to production. Since I wanted to migrate my blogs from a traditional web host to the AWS cloud, I…
Regularly backing up your web server content, or any content for that matter, is essential to avoid data loss in case of a malware attack or accidental deletion. If your website is hosted on a…