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by IntToDouble 397 days ago
The first rule of Show HN is, "don't give me a playground where it looks like I can push the button and then force me to auth when I actually do click the button, expecting magic on the other side."

The second rule of Show HN is, "YOU DO NOT FORCE USERS TO AUTHENTICATE AFTER THEY'VE CLICKED THE BUTTON."

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:saluting_face we debated whether to do or not to do it like this. We were scared of people scraping us (among other things) and decided to be bad
Rate-limited Playground Only key? Lock to requests for said key to be only permitted from the exact referrer? Give me one free and then auth?

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I just want to try before I buy, sir.