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oso with Graham Neray

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Eric Anderson (@ericmander) interviews Graham Neray (@grahamneray) about oso, the open-source policy engine for authorization. oso was originally born from a desire to make infrastructure and security easier for developers, which is why Graham and his company describe themselves as being in the “friction-removal business.” Listen to today’s episode to learn how the team at oso are working to put security in the hands of developers. 

In this episode we discuss:

  • Developers building RBAC (role-based access control) systems over and over again
  • Why open-source is the best way to handle authorization logic
  • The history behind oso’s core policy language, Polar
  • How someone beat Graham to the punch submitting oso to a Python newsletter
  • Comparing oso and OPA (Open Policy Agent)

    • Links:

    • oso
    • Stripe
    • Trulioo
    • MongoDB
    • Auth0
    • Show HN
    • OPA
    • Polar Adventure

      • People mentioned:

      • Sam Scott (@samososos)
      • Alex Plotnick (Github: @plotnick)
      • Stephen Olsen (@olsenator4)

        • Other episodes:

        • Presto on Contributor
        • OPA on Contributor
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