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I think a lot of people here don't seem to understand or appreciate the diversity of systems that "web developers" have to work in.

Some people might say, "Why do you need all that oAuth complexity? Rip it out and use a cookie like God intended."

We, the devs/ICs, don't often get to make those decisions. We're placed into teams working on specific features/apps/tools and we often have to integrate with a myriad of business systems by default.

Yea, I would love to work on a simpler system, but I don't get to make that decision. Especially not when my company has been acquired by unbounded VC cash three times in the past 5 years and now I'm forced to fold in my lovingly crafted baby into the behemoth.



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