Santas! (A "shibboleth" service.)
· 5:28 PM · 4 comments
Since I needed to crack my knuckles and have a warm-up, programming-wise, I made a small service for creating a Secret Santa list.
I've been thinking of web services like these as "shibboleth" services. In my head these are applications where a password is required but identity is de-emphasized, usually meaning users don't need to choose or manage a username or profile.
There's already a better name for this, right? Headless? Non-playered? Assisted authentication? I should know the term by now but I'm a little behind - nevertheless, it seems like they're easy and suitable for lightweight, fun usages.
I've been thinking of web services like these as "shibboleth" services. In my head these are applications where a password is required but identity is de-emphasized, usually meaning users don't need to choose or manage a username or profile.
There's already a better name for this, right? Headless? Non-playered? Assisted authentication? I should know the term by now but I'm a little behind - nevertheless, it seems like they're easy and suitable for lightweight, fun usages.
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Stowe Boyd 1:38 PM
The guys at Drop.io call your 'Shibboleth' model 'simple sharing'
http://drop.io/blog/asset/span-style-font-si
Justin Morgan 5:33 AM
This is great! I was going to use it for a group of friends, but couldn't because we didn't want spouses to get assigned to each other. It would be great if there were a way to add exceptions so that X can't get Y, but still have otherwise random results. Nice job!
Tom Pierce 7:31 AM
Love the app, nice job!
Main Line Yoga 10:37 AM
i like this.
next year can we have a field for email addresses so that it automatically sends to them?
found you through the merlin show, btw