GitHub Login on Parse.com (opens in new tab)

(blog.parse.com)

25 pointscyen13y ago7 comments

7 comments

It's always smart to assign a password to your account. Github was down just the other day. Keep a password assigned to your account just in case. By the way, I think github is a great single sign on for hacker related services. People who use parse are usually already logged in on GitHub... Right?

latchkey13y ago

Implementing GitHub login is no more valuable than offering Facebook login. It ties things to a single identity provider and limits the number of people who can use it (ie: no FB/GH account, no ability to use it).

Why not implement Mozilla Persona instead?

Narkov13y ago

Obligatory XKCD comic:

http://xkcd.com/927/

latchkey13y ago

i heart xkcd.

artursapek13y ago

Because what the hell is Mozilla Persona? The Parse user base and the GitHub user base overlap a lot.

callahad13y ago

Arguably, Persona and Parse more than overlap: the supported user base of Persona is a proper superset of Parse's actual and potential user bases. :)

Persona works with any email address, and it's completely decentralized (albeit with a temporary, centralized fallback for bootstrapping)

latchkey13y ago

It doesn't matter really what 'Mozilla Persona' is. All that matters is that instead of implementing GitHub login, which is a single identity provider, sites should focus on implementing a global solution to login now that a viable one is available.

The general concept here is that the user just needs an email address and a password to login to any site. I'm tired of having to remember a bunch of usernames and passwords, aren't you?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

7 comments

cmwelsh13y ago

latchkey13y ago

Why not implement Mozilla Persona instead?

Narkov13y ago

Obligatory XKCD comic:

http://xkcd.com/927/

latchkey13y ago

i heart xkcd.

artursapek13y ago

Because what the hell is Mozilla Persona? The Parse user base and the GitHub user base overlap a lot.

callahad13y ago

Arguably, Persona and Parse more than overlap: the supported user base of Persona is a proper superset of Parse's actual and potential user bases. :)

Persona works with any email address, and it's completely decentralized (albeit with a temporary, centralized fallback for bootstrapping)

latchkey13y ago

The general concept here is that the user just needs an email address and a password to login to any site. I'm tired of having to remember a bunch of usernames and passwords, aren't you?

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse