Six of one

Written by Ben Lowry who lives and works in Perth building useful things. You should follow him on Twitter

Level up your testing with Finite State Machines

Using finite state machines to model applications allows us to tap into the powerful world of Model Based Testing

Using Finite State Machines to build better software

Finite State Machines can be used in all stages of the software development lifecycle. Find out what they are and how they can help you build better software.

Making auth better

How do you actually go about adding WebAuthn to your site or application? In the fourth post in the WebAuthn series, we'll explore some options

The Web Authentication API

There is a growing movement towards removing passwords and providing alternatives. Some of these are being enabled in browsers through the Web Authentication API, which we will explore in the third post in a series on WebAuthn.

The problem with passwords

In the second post of a series on Web Authentication, we will go over some of the ways passwords can give a false sense of security, and lead into an alternative

Forget your passwords with the Web Authentication API

There are plenty of problems with passwords: we forget them, we re-use them, and we make them too easy to guess. There's light on the horizon, though. The Web Authentication API (WebAuthn) could spell the end of passwords on the internet.

By delegating responsibility for authentication to your device, websites using WebAuthn won't need to ask you for your password, so it can never be stolen from you, and nobody else can get into your accounts.

Read more for an introduction to your new #passwordless life

NDC Sydney 2019

I had the chance to attend NDC Sydney for the first time. This is my first tech conference outside of Perth, and my first multi-day conference. I learned a bunch, so I wrote some of it down.

Becoming Telstra Purple

Readify is no more, having come together with a few other businesses and different parts of Telstra to form Telstra Purple, the largest Australian-owned technology services business. I'll give my thoughts on the changes, and why I'm excited for the future.