>Because, on day zero, if my options are "the 2 minute solution" or "spend hours/days/weeks? evaluating a vendor for a problem I won't have for years"... well, the choice seems pretty clear there.
This is a valid point. Although the goal should be creating a solution that is easier to start with which can be future proof.
That's both the problem and the solution. In the perfect world you'll have a solution that you can start in 2 minutes. Plus don't have to opt-in for the technical debt you will encounter in the further future.[1]
Congrats on the launch! One of the founders of Permify is here. We love this approach and Google Zanzibar paper, as we're a taking pretty similar approach with Permify but as an Open-source product.[1]
As some mentioned there are legacy tools like AWS Cognito, which mostly focuses on authentication and simpler authorization use cases. But it's evident for us, that in order to solve these problems you have mentioned[2] we need a product which can cover more complex use cases and easier to start with.
First of all, we build our playground based on our open-source authorization service by compiling with Web Assembly [1].
This helps us to give you browser compatible test environment that you can test Permify[2] fast and easily within your browser.
Our playground consists 3 sections;
- Authorization Model: You can model & test your authorization logic through our DSL.
- Visualizer: Visualize your relationships and model to make it easier to reason about them.
- Authorization Data: Create sample authorization data according to the model.
- Access Checks: To test your authorization structure by sending access checks.
[1] https://webassembly.org/
[2] https://github.com/permify/permify