After some initial resistance, I tried 1Password 8 for a few months and...

I was right to avoid it for so long. It's garbage.

1P7 would occasionally have trouble filling out web forms, but 1P8 took that as a challenge. The -| shortcut to fill out webforms was nice... But in terms of efficiency, it was a backup plan at best.

I've deleted 1P8 and reinstalled 1P7. We'll see how this goes. Am I just reminiscing over rose tinted memories?

#macOS #1Password #agilebitssoftware #agilebits

Ever since I started using mutt, I've been using the venerable 'pass' utility to store my passwords and the like.

I'm grateful that it exists, it means that people with a 100% floss stack can store their secrets.

But I find it to be a FAFF to get going on a new machine. I must:

• Figure out how to get my GPG keys re-established
• Drag the pass files over
• Ensure they're all in sync and happy

Yes, I'm a whimp, but this is a LOT. Given that I use @1password for the rest of my secrets keeping and L-O-V-E it to bits, I'd rather use it for this as well.

But when I last looked, the 1Password CLI was - primitive. You had to reference secrets by item id. Ungh. Error prone and painful.

They've fixed it!!!

https://developer.1password.com/docs/cli/secret-reference-syntax/

Now you can use logical reference paths to access your secrets, so lazy bums like me can shove:

export EVILCORP_API_KEY="$(op read 'op://my_vault/Evilcorp API Key/credential')"

into my dot files and away we go!

Well done #agilebits this is excellent work!

Disappointed to report that the glory days of #AgileBits (aka the makers of #1Password who have abandoned AgileBits and just become 1Password the Company) are over.

1Password had been showing early signs of #Enshittification with the update from version 7 to version 8.

As of today I can tell it's turning into nagware: treating the UI as a billboard for advertising, and most obviously & predictably boiling the frog via a rentier capitalism subscription model, despite prior assurances.

Bummer.