identity-idp

I’ve seen a lot of positivity surrounding login.gov on HackerNews. I’ve never used the service and am unfamiliar with the quality of its implementation. Many commenters here point to login.gov as an example of the US government shipping good software. [1] 1. From the end-user’s perspective, what makes this a quality service? Is it simply better than other government alternatives, or does it compete with equivalent modern services from the private sector? 2. From the technologist's perspective, why is this considered quality software? I see it's an open-source Ruby on Rails app[2] with basic documentation, tests, and monitoring. As a non-RoR developer, I'm curious where this project falls on the spectrum from merely adequate to exceptional, and why. [1] e.g., in this comment section: “login.gov is one of the few government services that as

I figure if it's good enough for login.gov [1], it's good enough for my sites as well. I also find devise pretty simple to get setup and use. It's so easy to mess up some small thing while writing your own auth. I've always pretty much trusted myself to at least get devise setup properly. [1] https://github.com/18F/identity-idp/blob/main/Gemfile#L30

> although I wonder if a FOIA request would actually compel them to give it to you I believe most of it is open source: https://github.com/18F/identity-idp

I'm skeptical of the number that Rettig quotes. I'd like to know where he got those numbers. Also, the code that runs Login.gov is (mostly) in the public domain: https://github.com/18F/identity-idp – anybody with a $2/mo VPS could run the code and do their own load testing.

They fixed that recently: https://github.com/18F/identity-idp/commit/873c71ca8c0cf61d3...

login.gov is open source! They also encrypt user data in a way that they can't access it without the user's password, precluding the formation of a national registry that could be used towards nefarious and anti-democratic purposes. As a result, account recovery looks a lot like re-registration, which I think is a great thing. https://github.com/18F/identity-idp It's built on Rails, and I'm really impressed at the engineering decisions that were made here, from choice of technologies to level of transparency. I wish all public sector projects could exhibit the same leadership and competence demonstrated for login.gov--the interface is even a pleasure to use, which is hard to say for most government online services outside of the UK and parts of Canada in my experience. Bravo!

Login.gov | REMOTE or Washington, DC | DevOps/SRE/Software Engineers | Full-Time | https://login.gov Login.gov gives the public simple, secure access to multiple US government services through one verified account. We're working to fix online identity for US government services. The Login.gov team operates like a startup within the government, working in the open as a distributed, agile team. The core product is open source, hosted in modern cloud infrastructure, and built for scale. Tens of millions of people have Login.gov accounts, and we aim to be the preferred entrypoint for all government digital services. Our users include people accessing benefits, applying for government jobs, serving in the military, and collecting funds awarded through grant programs. Find us on Github: https://github.com/18F/identity-idp The Login.gov project

Login.gov | REMOTE or Washington, DC | DevOps/SRE/Software Engineers | Full-Time | https://login.gov Login.gov gives the public simple, secure access to multiple US government services through one verified account. We're working to fix online identity for US government services. The Login.gov team operates like a startup within the government, working in the open as a distributed, agile team. The core product is open source, hosted in modern cloud infrastructure, and built for scale. Tens of millions of people have Login.gov accounts, and we aim to be the preferred entrypoint for all government digital services. Our users include people accessing benefits, applying for government jobs, serving in the military, and collecting funds awarded through grant programs. Find us on Github: https://github.com/18F/identity-idp The Login.gov project

Login.gov | REMOTE or Washington, DC | DevOps/SRE/Software Engineers | Full-Time | https://login.gov Login.gov gives the public simple, secure access to multiple US government services through one verified account. We're working to fix online identity for US government services. The Login.gov team operates like a startup within the government, working in the open as a distributed, agile team. The core product is open source, hosted in modern cloud infrastructure, and built for scale. Tens of millions of people have Login.gov accounts, and we aim to be the preferred entrypoint for all government digital services. Our users include people accessing benefits, applying for government jobs, serving in the military, and collecting funds awarded through grant programs. Find us on Github: https://github.com/18F/identity-idp The Login.gov project

Login.gov | REMOTE or Washington, DC | DevOps/SRE/Software Engineers | Full-Time | https://login.gov Login.gov gives the public simple, secure access to multiple US government services through one verified account. We're working to fix online identity for US government services. The Login.gov team operates like a startup within the government, working in the open as a distributed, agile team. The core product is open source, hosted in modern cloud infrastructure, and built for scale. Tens of millions of people have Login.gov accounts, and we aim to be the preferred entrypoint for all government digital services. Our users include people accessing benefits, applying for government jobs, serving in the military, and collecting funds awarded through grant programs. Find us on Github: https://github.com/18F/identity-idp The Login.gov project

Login.gov | REMOTE or Washington, DC | DevOps/SRE/Software Engineers | Full-Time | https://login.gov Login.gov gives the public simple, secure access to multiple US government services through one verified account. We're working to fix online identity for US government services. The Login.gov team operates like a startup within the government, working in the open as a distributed, agile team. The core product is open source, hosted in modern cloud infrastructure, and built for scale. Tens of millions of people have Login.gov accounts, and we aim to be the preferred entrypoint for all government digital services. Our users include people accessing benefits, applying for government jobs, serving in the military, and collecting funds awarded through grant programs. Find us on Github: https://github.com/18F/identity-idp The Login.gov project

Login.gov | REMOTE or Washington, DC | DevOps/SRE/Software Engineers | Full-Time | https://login.gov Login.gov gives the public simple, secure access to multiple US government services through one verified account. We're working to fix online identity for US government services. The Login.gov team operates like a startup within the government, working in the open as a distributed, agile team. The core product is open source, hosted in modern cloud infrastructure, and built for scale. Tens of millions of people have Login.gov accounts, and we aim to be the preferred entrypoint for all government digital services. Our users include people accessing benefits, applying for government jobs, serving in the military, and collecting funds awarded through grant programs. Find us on Github: https://github.com/18F/identity-idp The Login.gov project

Login.gov | REMOTE or Washington, DC | DevOps/SRE/Software Engineers | Full-Time | https://login.gov Login.gov gives the public simple, secure access to multiple US government services through one verified account. We're working to fix online identity for US government services. The Login.gov team operates like a startup within the government, working in the open as a distributed, agile team. The core product is open source, hosted in modern cloud infrastructure, and built for scale. Tens of millions of people have Login.gov accounts, and we aim to be the preferred entrypoint for all government digital services. Our users include people accessing benefits, applying for government jobs, serving in the military, and collecting funds awarded through grant programs. Find us on Github: https://github.com/18F/identity-idp The Login.gov project

Login.gov | REMOTE or Washington, DC | DevOps/SRE/Software Engineers | Full-Time | https://login.gov Login.gov gives the public simple, secure access to multiple US government services through one verified account. We're working to fix online identity for US government services. The Login.gov team operates like a startup within the government, working in the open as a distributed, agile team. The core product is open source, hosted in modern cloud infrastructure, and built for scale. Tens of millions of people have Login.gov accounts, and we aim to be the preferred entrypoint for all government digital services. Our users include people accessing benefits, applying for government jobs, serving in the military, and collecting funds awarded through grant programs. Find us on Github: https://github.com/18F/identity-idp The Login.gov project

Login.gov | REMOTE or Washington, DC | Software Engineers | Full-Time | https://login.gov Login.gov gives the public simple, secure access to multiple US government services through one verified account. We're working to fix online identity for US government services. The Login.gov team operates like a startup within the government, working in the open as a distributed, agile team. The core product is open source, hosted in modern cloud infrastructure, and built for scale. Tens of millions of people have Login.gov accounts, and we aim to be the preferred entrypoint for all government digital services. Our users include people accessing benefits, applying for government jobs, serving in the military, and collecting funds awarded through grant programs. Find us on Github: https://github.com/18F/identity-idp The Login.gov project began as a