Dan Moore
@mooreds.com
Sr. Director, CIAM Strategy & Identity Standards at @fusionauth.io . Hangs out on HN too much. Author of "Letters to a New Developer", contributor to "97 Things Every Cloud Engineer Should Know". Writes at http://ciamweekly.com
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Dan Moore
@mooreds.com
· Aug 10
CIAM Weekly | Substack
Customer Identity and access management news and analysis. Click to read CIAM Weekly, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
ciamweekly.com
Did you know that I have a free weekly newsletter about customer identity and access management (CIAM)?
If you want to learn about the latest market trends, deep dives into standards, and explore CIAM features, this is the newsletter for you.
You can sign up here: ciamweekly.com
If you want to learn about the latest market trends, deep dives into standards, and explore CIAM features, this is the newsletter for you.
You can sign up here: ciamweekly.com
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"AI Teammate," "AI coworker," we are all still grappling with how to talk about machines that might be genuinely good at their jobs, because we haven't quite figured out what that means for ours. Just don't expect it to bring bagels to standup 🥯 @redmonk.com redmonk.com/kholterhoff/...
Will Your AI Teammate Bring Bagels to Standup?
The phrase “AI teammate” has dominated marketing around AI and agentic workplace collaboration tools for years. It’s warm, approachable, and rolls off the tongue with the careful calculation of a thou...
redmonk.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:12 PM
"AI Teammate," "AI coworker," we are all still grappling with how to talk about machines that might be genuinely good at their jobs, because we haven't quite figured out what that means for ours. Just don't expect it to bring bagels to standup 🥯 @redmonk.com redmonk.com/kholterhoff/...
CIAM is all about self-service, really. I wrote more here:
The Power Of Self-Service In CIAM
Heya, CIAM (customer identity and access management) is self-service profile management.
ciamweekly.substack.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
CIAM is all about self-service, really. I wrote more here:
Looking forward to digging deep into fine-grained authorization in this upcoming @fusionauth.io webinar.
Date/time: January 28, 2026 9am PST / 12pm ET
More details and registration: fusionauth.io/webinar/beyo...
Date/time: January 28, 2026 9am PST / 12pm ET
More details and registration: fusionauth.io/webinar/beyo...
Beyond RBAC: A Strategic Guide to Fine-Grained Authorization - FusionAuth Webinar
Join this technical session to learn when your application outgrows standard RBAC and how the Permify/FusionAuth integration decouples complex authorization logic to accelerate product velocity.
fusionauth.io
January 15, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Looking forward to digging deep into fine-grained authorization in this upcoming @fusionauth.io webinar.
Date/time: January 28, 2026 9am PST / 12pm ET
More details and registration: fusionauth.io/webinar/beyo...
Date/time: January 28, 2026 9am PST / 12pm ET
More details and registration: fusionauth.io/webinar/beyo...
Shout it from the rooftops!
@peterlyons.com you can join us tonight for the 20th anniversary celebration w/ 2 talks and forget the nostalgia! :)
January 14, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Shout it from the rooftops!
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Amazing welcome email subject from @tdesseyn.bsky.social . Nice reminder of gratitude you should feel when someone welcomes you into their inbox.
You can subscribe to his substack here: substack.com/@tdesseyn
You can subscribe to his substack here: substack.com/@tdesseyn
December 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Amazing welcome email subject from @tdesseyn.bsky.social . Nice reminder of gratitude you should feel when someone welcomes you into their inbox.
You can subscribe to his substack here: substack.com/@tdesseyn
You can subscribe to his substack here: substack.com/@tdesseyn
Great AI post from @brittanyellich.com:
brittanyellich.com/ai-has-an-im...
"... fundamentals still matter. You can’t have effective AI users without effective developers first. It’s sort of like a calculator. You can’t give a 5-year-old a calculator and expect them to be able to do all math."
brittanyellich.com/ai-has-an-im...
"... fundamentals still matter. You can’t have effective AI users without effective developers first. It’s sort of like a calculator. You can’t give a 5-year-old a calculator and expect them to be able to do all math."
AI Has an Image Problem
I spent 2025 going from skeptical to genuinely excited about AI tools. My non-tech friends and family spent 2025 learning to hate them. The AI industry has fumbled this introduction so badly that we'v...
brittanyellich.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Great AI post from @brittanyellich.com:
brittanyellich.com/ai-has-an-im...
"... fundamentals still matter. You can’t have effective AI users without effective developers first. It’s sort of like a calculator. You can’t give a 5-year-old a calculator and expect them to be able to do all math."
brittanyellich.com/ai-has-an-im...
"... fundamentals still matter. You can’t have effective AI users without effective developers first. It’s sort of like a calculator. You can’t give a 5-year-old a calculator and expect them to be able to do all math."
Excited to talk AI agents and authorization next week at a webinar with myself and some other experts. Sign up here:
leaddev.com/event/user-a...
leaddev.com/event/user-a...
User authorization just got 10x harder
AI risks we will move faster and break things more. Learn about the guardrails that enable you to safely release in the Age of AI
leaddev.com
January 14, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Excited to talk AI agents and authorization next week at a webinar with myself and some other experts. Sign up here:
leaddev.com/event/user-a...
leaddev.com/event/user-a...
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How do people feel about the usage of computers, internet, and cloud computing being mandated at work?
How do people feel about the usage of GenAI tools being mandated at work?
January 14, 2026 at 3:00 PM
How do people feel about the usage of computers, internet, and cloud computing being mandated at work?
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The Pragmatic Summit:
A one-of-a-kind event where you'll hear from (and get to meet) standout folks who have been on The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast, teams who were in The Pragmatic Engineer deepdives - all of them building cutting-edge software, or researching how best to do so.
A one-of-a-kind event where you'll hear from (and get to meet) standout folks who have been on The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast, teams who were in The Pragmatic Engineer deepdives - all of them building cutting-edge software, or researching how best to do so.
January 14, 2026 at 3:27 PM
The Pragmatic Summit:
A one-of-a-kind event where you'll hear from (and get to meet) standout folks who have been on The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast, teams who were in The Pragmatic Engineer deepdives - all of them building cutting-edge software, or researching how best to do so.
A one-of-a-kind event where you'll hear from (and get to meet) standout folks who have been on The Pragmatic Engineer Podcast, teams who were in The Pragmatic Engineer deepdives - all of them building cutting-edge software, or researching how best to do so.
The Platte
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 13, 2026 at 10:47 PM
The Platte
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"Supporting local journalism isn’t charity. It’s civic participation."
OPINION: Local Journalism Is How Democracy Shows Up Close to Home | Defending it may be one of the most practical and hopeful choices citizens can make, writes Yardley's Stu Faigen.
OPINION: Local Journalism Is How Democracy Shows Up Close to Home - Bucks County Beacon
Defending it may be one of the most practical and hopeful choices citizens can make, writes Yardley's Stu Faigen.
buckscountybeacon.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
"Supporting local journalism isn’t charity. It’s civic participation."
Shout it from the rooftops!
I really like this characterization of the types of code we're going to have going forward, from @charity.wtf :
www.honeycomb.io/blog/disposa...
Disposable vs durable code is a useful split. We always had both, but AI makes it even easier to build the former.
I really like this characterization of the types of code we're going to have going forward, from @charity.wtf :
www.honeycomb.io/blog/disposa...
Disposable vs durable code is a useful split. We always had both, but AI makes it even easier to build the former.
January 13, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Shout it from the rooftops!
I really like this characterization of the types of code we're going to have going forward, from @charity.wtf :
www.honeycomb.io/blog/disposa...
Disposable vs durable code is a useful split. We always had both, but AI makes it even easier to build the former.
I really like this characterization of the types of code we're going to have going forward, from @charity.wtf :
www.honeycomb.io/blog/disposa...
Disposable vs durable code is a useful split. We always had both, but AI makes it even easier to build the former.
I'm all in favor of some kind of bonus based on company performance for engineers.
Heck, design a bonus for everyone! If the company is beating plan, everyone deserves something.
But creating a bonus based on PR and PR analysis is just not going to have the desired effect.
Heck, design a bonus for everyone! If the company is beating plan, everyone deserves something.
But creating a bonus based on PR and PR analysis is just not going to have the desired effect.
From a founder: “A few months ago, I watched our sales team collect their monthly bonuses while my eng team who built the product, got nothing beyond their base comp. It pissed me off.
So I built an AI-powered platform that evaluates+scores PRs using Claude AI”
Oh no no no
So I built an AI-powered platform that evaluates+scores PRs using Claude AI”
Oh no no no
January 12, 2026 at 3:51 PM
I'm all in favor of some kind of bonus based on company performance for engineers.
Heck, design a bonus for everyone! If the company is beating plan, everyone deserves something.
But creating a bonus based on PR and PR analysis is just not going to have the desired effect.
Heck, design a bonus for everyone! If the company is beating plan, everyone deserves something.
But creating a bonus based on PR and PR analysis is just not going to have the desired effect.
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Yes. Let’s bring back running programs locally!
I want this next generation of software development tools to run on my own computer. Vim and Emacs helped democratize software development and made it accessible. We shouldn't allow this AI wave to take us backwards.
I really hope the open source community can keep pace.
I really hope the open source community can keep pace.
January 12, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Yes. Let’s bring back running programs locally!
The best blog post left unpublished doesn't help anyone. Well, maybe it helps the author clarify their ideas.
Execution is (almost) the whole game.
Execution is (almost) the whole game.
Sometimes I wish I had fewer ideas.
Execution of an idea is way more important than the quantity of ideas you have; and as someone who struggles with executive function, I get sad when I look at my unmerged branches on my blog.
Execution of an idea is way more important than the quantity of ideas you have; and as someone who struggles with executive function, I get sad when I look at my unmerged branches on my blog.
January 11, 2026 at 11:42 PM
The best blog post left unpublished doesn't help anyone. Well, maybe it helps the author clarify their ideas.
Execution is (almost) the whole game.
Execution is (almost) the whole game.
Diminish a Band
The Slowly Moving Pebbles
The Slowly Moving Pebbles
Diminish a Band
Secretaries of the Interior of the United States of America
Secretaries of the Interior of the United States of America
Some Doubt
January 11, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Diminish a Band
The Slowly Moving Pebbles
The Slowly Moving Pebbles
Think of all the things that are complements of things that AI make easy to do. Those things are going to get more valuable.
One thing many miss about the potential impact of AI on the tech industry: better tools raise the *floor*
Look at games. Building a game engine used to be a MASSIVE effort. Today, games engines are commoditized. And yet it's gotten harder, not easier to build a game that stands out!
Look at games. Building a game engine used to be a MASSIVE effort. Today, games engines are commoditized. And yet it's gotten harder, not easier to build a game that stands out!
January 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Think of all the things that are complements of things that AI make easy to do. Those things are going to get more valuable.
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I joined the Oxide and Friends annual predictions podcast episode this week - here are my 1, 3 and 6 year predictions for AI and LLMs (and Kākāpō parrots) simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/8/l...
January 8, 2026 at 7:45 PM
I joined the Oxide and Friends annual predictions podcast episode this week - here are my 1, 3 and 6 year predictions for AI and LLMs (and Kākāpō parrots) simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/8/l...
Hope you can join me at #Identiverse 2026 in Vegas, June 15-18!
Network with identity pros, learn from the best, & see the future of Identity.
Save 20% with code IDV26-JOINME! Early bird discounts end soon.
Register and details here: invt.io/1bxbfdnptob
Network with identity pros, learn from the best, & see the future of Identity.
Save 20% with code IDV26-JOINME! Early bird discounts end soon.
Register and details here: invt.io/1bxbfdnptob
Join Me at Identiverse & Save 20% on Your Pass
Don't miss the world’s largest event dedicated to digital identity!
invt.io
January 9, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Hope you can join me at #Identiverse 2026 in Vegas, June 15-18!
Network with identity pros, learn from the best, & see the future of Identity.
Save 20% with code IDV26-JOINME! Early bird discounts end soon.
Register and details here: invt.io/1bxbfdnptob
Network with identity pros, learn from the best, & see the future of Identity.
Save 20% with code IDV26-JOINME! Early bird discounts end soon.
Register and details here: invt.io/1bxbfdnptob
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🗳️Spread the word! @cncf.io Graduated and Incubating maintainers need to fill in this form BY TUESDAY to vote for their rep on the Governing Board docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #opensource #cloudnative
CNCF 2026 Governing Board Developer Seat Election - Voter Opt In Form
Please submit this form to opt into being a voter for the non-Kubernetes developer seat on the CNCF Governing Board.
Only maintainers from non-Kubernetes Graduating and Incubating projects that submi...
docs.google.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:49 PM
🗳️Spread the word! @cncf.io Graduated and Incubating maintainers need to fill in this form BY TUESDAY to vote for their rep on the Governing Board docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #opensource #cloudnative
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We are hiring director level in engineering at @yugabytedb.bsky.social 🔥 - REMOTE USA!
www.linkedin.com/posts/heathe...
www.linkedin.com/posts/heathe...
Come lead this incredibly hard working team. We are doing the real work, with founders who care and have worked in iconic databases for years. I'm constantly impressed by what we are building.
if...
Come lead this incredibly hard working team. We are doing the real work, with founders who care and have worked in iconic databases for years. I'm constantly impressed by what we are building.
if you...
www.linkedin.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:13 PM
We are hiring director level in engineering at @yugabytedb.bsky.social 🔥 - REMOTE USA!
www.linkedin.com/posts/heathe...
www.linkedin.com/posts/heathe...
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In 2023, my tiny lab had published Dev Thriving & I was fielding a ton of public speaking when I started to design a public-facing study about AI.
It was a nerve-wracking project so I did what I like to do when I'm working hard: created. Started sewing a flightsuit out of tough duck canvas
It was a nerve-wracking project so I did what I like to do when I'm working hard: created. Started sewing a flightsuit out of tough duck canvas
January 9, 2026 at 4:13 PM
In 2023, my tiny lab had published Dev Thriving & I was fielding a ton of public speaking when I started to design a public-facing study about AI.
It was a nerve-wracking project so I did what I like to do when I'm working hard: created. Started sewing a flightsuit out of tough duck canvas
It was a nerve-wracking project so I did what I like to do when I'm working hard: created. Started sewing a flightsuit out of tough duck canvas
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And it is the weekend before KubeCon EU, though, so you could have a heck of a week or so doing both if you can swing it! Accepting CFPs now - monkigras.com/cfp/
Propose a Talk
The schedule is still open and will evolve based on your talk proposals. What do you have to say about being prepared? Propose a talk here.
monkigras.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:23 PM
And it is the weekend before KubeCon EU, though, so you could have a heck of a week or so doing both if you can swing it! Accepting CFPs now - monkigras.com/cfp/