Really a big fan of Oso and what they are building.

Every business has a common challenge, no matter what they do - it's the issue of authorization. Authorization in applications is all about managing control and access, so that the appropriate user has proper permissions and access to information. Authorization is something every business struggles with, but few have the resources or desire to solve on their own. This is why Graham and Sam built Oso

They're doing for authorization and RBAC what Okta did for authentication 10 years ago. Everyone from startups to the Fortune 2000 — including Productboard, Intercom, Wayfair, Codecademy and thousands of others — use Oso because it lets them move 10x faster and cut risk 10x. I'm excited for the team's launch and fundraising announcement today and look forward to see where they take the authorization engine.

4 years ago, we started talking to engineering teams about how they solve authorization. We realized every business in the world has an authorization problem. Although it is a critical element of all software, it’s unrelated to the core features or business logic that engineers are working on. Some engineering teams wind up pouring millions of dollars building bespoke authorization systems, taking time away from customer-facing initiatives.

Authorization is challenging because there is no standardized approach. What’s more, nobody got out of bed to think about roles and permissions – except us. This is why we built Oso.

With this new release We’re launching new capabilities to help developers learn about authorization, get started with Oso, and integrate Oso into their existing feedback loops.

* Oso getting started flow, to help every developer get up to speed on authorization * The option to run Oso locally to run on your laptop before you deploy * Policy testing, which aligns to many developer’s Test-Driven-Development ethos * Workbench, a tool to visually configure your authz model

We're excited to hear your feedback!

I tried Oso and met the team and I'm a huge believer in their approach. Authorization is a widely misunderstood and often mis-engineered but crucial functionality that deserves dedicated, domain-specific tools such as Polar (their DSL) and all the supporting features.

Very cool to see all the progress and huge congrats on the launch!