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		seabass-labrax on Sept 15, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to store a chess position in 26 bytes using bi... That is a beautifully designed website. I don't think I've ever used an OAuth authentication flow as smooth as the one that your site uses to access my Lichess credentials (same as my HN name, btw, in case you want to beat me at a correspondence game). ChessMonitor is practically a work of art!

robertlagrant on Sept 15, 2023 | [–]

I created an account just to see that flow, and it did not disappoint! How's it this fast?

ThomasCM on Sept 15, 2023 | [–]

Thanks for your feedback!

I guess OAuth is relatively fast as I don't have a middleman (like Auth0) in there. It's just Passport.js.

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