Rewriting OpenFGA Authorization System in Pure PostgreSQL for Better Database Integration
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Summary
The article details how the authors rewrote parts of OpenFGA (an open-source authorization system) using pure PostgreSQL to better integrate their authorization system with their main database. This approach eliminates the need for separate authorization databases and complex synchronization processes, allowing for more efficient and maintainable authorization management directly within their existing Postgres infrastructure.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledWe rewrote parts of OpenFGA in pure Postgres to make it easier to keep our authorization system up-to-date with our main database
In software engineering, 'auth' is a bit of a loaded term. It's generally used to describe the process of both authenticating users and authorizing users
Authentication (often referred to as 'authn') is pretty much a solved problem when you're writing a user-facing application
There are cookie-cutter solutions that you can usually just drop into your code
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