Blogs
Ideas, opinions, and things I've learned along the way.
WorkOS FGA: The Authorization Layer for AI Agents
Traditional access control models fail at machine-speed agents. I introduce WorkOS FGA — fine-grained authorization designed for AI agents, covering scope attenuation for user-delegated agents and hierarchical resource-based permissions to prevent autonomous agents from running in God Mode.
How to Scale a Backend Service
Practical strategies for scaling backend systems — identifying bottlenecks across CPU, IO, memory, and network, and fixing them in the right order.