Passkeys are the first shot we’ve realistically had as an industry at replacing passwords as the default credential on the web and in apps.

I am *ecstatic* about the momentum that they have.

Recently:
1. google.com, icloud.com, and apple.com shipped support for signing in with passkeys
2. And Nintendo!
3. iOS 17 shipped first-class support for third-party passkey managers plugging their data into all flows

And in November, maybe, Firefox support? Including iCloud Keychain?! This is happening!

Hiring a software engineer in their late 40s:

Pros:
* Understands your stack better than you do after glancing through the repo for five minutes.
* Will rewrite said stack 2x as fast, and half as buggy if you let them.

Cons:
* Gives zero fucks.
* Knows we're not *really* like family here.
* No, seriously, absolutely zero fucks given.

Do not cite the deep magic to me, product manager, I was there when it was written.