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The Builder Revolution: Why We're Shifting to Builder Advocacy
My team has officially changed its name, and it's one I've been excited about for a while.
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How Verifiable Digital Credentials Are Reshaping Trust Architecture
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The identity stack is getting a new layer, and it's already in your users' pockets. Mobile driver's licenses are live in dozens of U.S. states. The EU is mandating digital identity wallets for hundreds of millions of citizens. Apple Wallet and Google Wallet already hold government-issued credentials. Yet most development…
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Long Story Short: I Found My Place Between Code and Community
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Taylor Swift once said, "Sometimes walking out is one thing that will find you the right thing." That's probably what happened to me. During my engineering days, all I ever wanted was to be a backend engineer, write code all day, use dark mode for IDEs, and sip coffee. And…
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Okta Developer Connect San Francisco 2026 Recap
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"Building an agent is only half the battle. Governing it is where we get stuck."
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The One Where I Found My Way to DevRel
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If you've watched Friends, you'll know that life rarely goes according to plan. One day, you're helping a friend move a couch while yelling "Pivot!", and the next, you're wondering how you ended up there in the first place.
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How to Build Low-Code API Integrations for Enterprise Apps Using Okta
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API Integration Actions are now available in Okta Integration Network (OIN) for Integrator Free Trial Orgs to build Provisioning, Entitlements, and Universal Logout applications.
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Make Secure App-to-App Connections Using Cross App Access
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Imagine you built a note-taking app. It's so successful that LargeCorp, an aptly named large enterprise corporation, signed on as a customer. To make it a power tool for your enterprise customers, you need to allow your app to integrate with other productivity tools, such as turning a note into…
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Take User Provisioning to the Next Level with Entitlements
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When you work on B2B SaaS apps used by large customer organizations, synchronizing those customers' users within your software system is tricky! You must synchronize user profile information and the user attributes required for access control management. Customers with large workforces may have thousands of users to manage. They demand…
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Introducing xaa.dev: A Playground for Cross App Access
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AI agents are quickly becoming part of everyday enterprise development. They summarize emails, coordinate calendars, query internal systems, and automate workflows across tools.
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Okta Developer Connect Recap
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Identity has become one of the most important control points in modern systems. As applications grow more distributed and AI-driven automation becomes part of everyday workflows, identity increasingly defines how secure, predictable, and trustworthy those systems are. Decisions about access, scope, and lifecycle now shape not only the user experience,…
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Unlock the Secrets of a Custom Sign-In Page with Tailwind and JavaScript
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We recommend redirecting users to authenticate via the Okta-hosted sign-in page powered by the Okta Identity Engine (OIE) for your custom-built applications. It's the most secure method for authenticating. You don't have to manage credentials in your code and can take advantage of the strongest authentication factors without requiring any…
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Secure Authentication with a Push Notification in Your iOS Device
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Building secure and seamless sign-in experiences is a core challenge for today's iOS developers. Users expect authentication that feels instant, yet protects them with strong safeguards like multi-factor authentication (MFA). With Okta's DirectAuth and push notification support, you can achieve both – delivering native, phishing-resistant MFA flows without ever leaving…
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