Anton | Access-First Auth

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Software engineer focused on authentication and access control.

Building Toqen.app - an access-first authentication system based on device-bound cryptographic authorization.

No personal data collection. No passwords. No persistent credentials.

Interested in:

- passwordless systems
- account-less access
- identity risk
- privacy-first architectures

Writing about real-world auth trade-offs and security design.

Websitehttps://www.toqen.app
Writes athttps://dev.to/antonmb
CVhttps://www.antonmb.com
FocusAuthentication, Privacy, Access Control
Mehttps://infosec.exchange/@antonmb
Electricity is usually explained with the right technical words: voltage, current, electrons, field, resistance. But sometimes the right words are not enough. They can describe the physics correctly and still leave a person without a clear mental picture. Article: https://www.antonmb.com/en/blog/electricity-in-simple-words #Physics #Engineering #ScienceCommunication #Education #STEM
Every decision carries more than facts. It carries the emotional weight of past experience, the current state of the person making the decision, and the way both are compressed. https://antonmb.com/en/blog/emotional-weight-of-decisions-fibonacci #DecisionMaking #Psychology #EmotionalIntelligence #PersonalGrowth
I accidentally built an LLM orchestration system in the browser. No backend. No queues. Just React + GPT. It worked. It was also flawed. That is what makes it interesting. Full breakdown: https://www.antonmb.com/en/blog/how-i-accidentally-built-an-llm-orchestration-system-in-the-browser #LLM #AI #SoftwareEngineering #Architecture #NextJS #DotNet
2 years ago I built an LLM system without realizing it. Built 4 products since then. The biggest insight was not about AI, It was about people. You cannot be great at everything, and AI will not fix that. It amplifies your strength. https://antonmb.com/en/blog/about-the-impostor-instinct-superpower-and-an-honest-pivot #LLM #AI #Engineering
Hi everyone, I am currently open to new opportunities and would appreciate any connections or advice. I am looking for roles as an AI Engineer, Software Engineer, or Backend Engineer, with a focus on LLM orchestration, AI-driven systems, and product engineering. Over the past years, I have worked at Yandex and Sberbank, and more recently built Toqen.app an access-first authentication product focused on secure, real-time authorization. I also have hands-on experience building LLM pipelines with multi-step orchestration, structured outputs, validation, and production-ready workflows. My core strengths include system design, backend development, and building reliable production systems. I am open to full-time roles, contract work, and product collaborations. If you know of any relevant opportunities or would like to connect, please feel free to reach out. Thank you 🙌 #OpenToWork #AIEngineer #LLM #Backend #SoftwareEngineer #AI #SystemsDesign
Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never, in nothing, great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Winston Churchill https://antonmb.com/en/blog/some-ideas-arrive-before-the-market-has-words-for-them #Authentication #Cybersecurity #AI #Authorization #AccessControl #Cryptography #AIAgents #Toqenapp
Companies Have Started Moving Away from AI. https://antonmb.com/en/blog/companies-have-started-moving-away-from-ai . #ai #Authentication #Cybersecurity #Infrastructure #AgenticAi
Writing in the Age of AI: A Personal Essay https://www.antonmb.com/en/blog/writing-in-the-age-of-ai #AI #Writing #ArtificialIntelligence #PersonalEssay #Research #CriticalThinking #Creativity #ThoughtLeadership
Access-First Auth System just passed 1,000 subscribers 🥳 Thank you to everyone who reads and follows the newsletter 💖 I started it to share thoughts on access-first authentication, privacy-aware system design, and modern approaches to authentication. The main direction stays the same: secure, real-time authorization at the moment access is requested. More engineering notes and security-focused articles are coming🤗 https://linkedin.com/newsletters/access-first-auth-system-7408371035399479297/ #Authentication #CyberSecurity #Privacy #ProductEngineering