DailyCred
Infrastructure
authentication api
SHOW HN2012
93points
41comments
#240of 1,677 in 2012
Top 15%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
7 positive, 18 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 32 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Idea: 2 for, 1 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for developers who need multiple logins quickly.
From 3 comments
Could not have come at a better time, I was literally going to sit down this weekend and build a multi-provider auth for my project. Just take my money. Take it! I 'get it', it's…
feralmoan on HNThis is super cool for getting up and running supa dupa quickly. Side Q - Does anyone have conversion data on what oauth works best? If you know of a blog, video, or insight..…
allbombs on HNIn that case, amazing. I've been looking for something like this. Will have to give it a try.
sonyasonya on HN
Cheaper and simpler than Janrain.
From 1 comment
Check out the pricing of both offerings. I'd imagine there are a lot of indies who would choose DC.
bilbo0s on HN
Objections
Hosting auth adds a dependency and outage risk.
From 1 comment
It's a pain in the ass if they ever go down. Remember, user auth is your bread and butter, outsource it with care and not just to save a buck here and there.
khangtoh on HN
Mixed SSL content and advice to skip own SSL certs were criticised.
From 2 comments
Very good idea however: When you provide an service like this and your website got mixed SSL content (seems like due to youtube video, so mixed only after user plays the video),…
fmavituna on HNI find it a bit misleading to have your favicon be the same as the SSL lock in Chrome: http://i.imgur.com/qnP8Q.png
pearkes on HN
Account linking fails when a provider gives no email.
From 2 comments
This is pretty amazing. Im dealing with this very issue on my app with devise and omniauth. One thingI havent seen asked and answered is what do you do if the OAUTH provider does…
codenerdz on HNIn this case, unless they have explicitly connected their Twitter account and their Facebook account to your service while logged in, they will not be logged into their account.…
nostromo on HN
Too many outsourced SaaS layers.
From 2 comments
So first we have APIs for handling photo uploads, so we don't have to host the photos ourselves? And now we have APIs for handling users, so we don't have to host the users…
desbest on HNAt what point do we stop outsourcing services to the cloud and start actually building things ourselves again? Hacking used to be all about solving these problems yourself. Now…
slajax on HN
Requests
LinkedIn support.
From 1 comment
Looks great - except missing the one I need for my product: LinkedIn! any timeframe for linkedin?
fellars on HN
Native iOS and Android support.
From 1 comment
Is there a use case supporting native (iOS, Android) apps? To me, the site seems to be targeted at web platforms (Which I'm considering using for a current project).
biscarch on HN
Free tier option.
From 1 comment
It would be nice with a free model which could include up to e.g. 50 users.
PhilipA on HN
Questions
How does it compare to Singly?
From 1 comment
How does this compare/contrast with http://singly.com?
tantalor on HN
What happens if the company disappears?
From 1 comment
This looks interesting, but I had a few questions: 1. If I use this do I have to handle account linking? Ex: Monday user logs in with FB, Tuesday with Twitter. Do you pass a…
michaelbuckbee on HN
How does it compare to OneAll?
From 1 comment
I can do the work but since users of all of the other competitors have chimed in I'll ask you to compare/contrast with OneAll.com.
wittjeff on HN
Alternatives named
Janrain
From 1 comment
How is this different than Janrain? http://janrain.com/
zrail on HN
Singly
From 1 comment
How does this compare/contrast with http://singly.com?
tantalor on HN
Devise and OmniAuth
From 2 comments
This looks interesting, but I had a few questions: 1. If I use this do I have to handle account linking? Ex: Monday user logs in with FB, Tuesday with Twitter. Do you pass a…
michaelbuckbee on HNThis is pretty amazing. Im dealing with this very issue on my app with devise and omniauth. One thingI havent seen asked and answered is what do you do if the OAUTH provider does…
codenerdz on HN
OneAll
From 1 comment
I can do the work but since users of all of the other competitors have chimed in I'll ask you to compare/contrast with OneAll.com.
wittjeff on HN
AddThis Social Sign-In
From 1 comment
If you're looking for a free alternative, check out SSI from AddThis: http://www.addthis.com/labs/social-sign-in#.UIBqXRj0CnM You will have to store your user info yourself, but…
solchea on HN