Authorization in Software features chats with industry subject matter experts in Authorization. Some of the covered topics are: how authorization is implemented at specific companies (e.g.: Airbnb, Slack, Github), how industry standards relate to authorization, and the history of authorization in software.Damian Schenkelman hosts Authorization in Software. Damian is the creator of the OpenFGA project and a Principal Architect on the Auth0 Lab team, where he does research and development of forward looking products. Before Auth0, Damian spent many years working for and at Microsoft on Azure, and patterns & practices related initiatives. He loves spending his spare time with family, friends and catching up on all things NBA.
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episode 8: Himeji: A Scalable Centralized System for Authorization at Airbnb
In this chat, Damian Schenkelman (Principal Engineer @ Auth0) chats with Alan Yao (Staff Software Engineer @ AirBnB) about Himeji, Airbnb's authorization system inspired on Google Zanzibar. They discuss how Himeji is built, how its flexibility empowers teams when building new features and the alternatives they considered.
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