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by say_it_as_it_is 1096 days ago
Yet another Zanzibar system emerges. There's no functional advantage to using this system over any of the others, and the others aren't necessary either for the vast majority of needs.

Zanzibar is overkill for the majority of needs and introduces far too much complexity. It is the solution that covers scenarios of the likes in which you will never see. You will never grow into needing them, either. It is the pinnacle of over engineered software. The reason why people form companies offering it as a solution is to try to recover hundreds of hours of effort cost on something they didn't need.

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The services hide all that complexity; that's the value. What authorization solution do you prefer, for when one is needed?
One far less complicated that doesn't involve zanzibar