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• Perry Compiles TypeScript directly to executables using SWC and LLVM
  10 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 29 May 2026

  'curl -s -X POST "https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token" -H "Accept: application/json" -d "client_id=' + GITHUB_CLIENT_ID + '&client_secret=' + GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET + '&code=' + code + '"'

• Show HN: Sifter – Does your CV stand out to LLMs?
  1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 26 May 2026

  Sounds intriguing but is GitHub login broken? It leads me to a 404 at

  https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize?client_id=[redacted...

• Building LoopSignal Part 3: Closing the Loop with GitHub Issues and Status Notifications
  1 project | dev.to | 8 May 2026

  const state = Buffer.from( JSON.stringify({ projectId, userId: user.id }) ).toString("base64url"); const githubAuthUrl = new URL("https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize"); githubAuthUrl.searchParams.set("client_id", clientId); githubAuthUrl.searchParams.set("redirect_uri", redirectUri); githubAuthUrl.searchParams.set("scope", "repo"); githubAuthUrl.searchParams.set("state", state);

• OAuth 2.0 Flows Demystified: Authorization Code, PKCE, and Client Credentials
  1 project | dev.to | 7 Apr 2026

  // Step 1: Redirect user to provider app.get('/auth/github', (req, res) => { const state = generateRandomString(16); // CSRF protection req.session.oauthState = state; const params = new URLSearchParams({ client_id: process.env.GITHUB_CLIENT_ID!, redirect_uri: `${process.env.APP_URL}/auth/github/callback`, scope: 'read:user user:email', state, }); res.redirect(`https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize?${params}`); }); // Step 2: Handle callback with code app.get('/auth/github/callback', async (req, res) => { const { code, state } = req.query; // Verify state to prevent CSRF if (state !== req.session.oauthState) { return res.status(400).send('Invalid state'); } // Exchange code for token (server-to-server) const tokenResponse = await fetch('https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token', { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json', 'Accept': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify({ client_id: process.env.GITHUB_CLIENT_ID, client_secret: process.env.GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET, // never exposed to browser code, }), }).then(r => r.json()); const { access_token } = tokenResponse; // Fetch user info const user = await fetch('https://api.github.com/user', { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${access_token}` }, }).then(r => r.json()); // Create or find user in your DB const dbUser = await upsertUser({ githubId: user.id, email: user.email, name: user.name }); // Create your own session req.session.userId = dbUser.id; res.redirect('/dashboard'); });

• Your Pull Requests Are Being Ignored. Fix It with This Simple Bot
  1 project | dev.to | 23 Mar 2026

  Name: GITHUB_PR_BOT Client ID: your GitHub App client ID Client Secret: your GitHub App client secret Scope: leave empty Authorization URL: https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize Token URL: https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token

• OAuth Explained Like You're 5
  1 project | dev.to | 13 Feb 2026

  const express = require('express'); const axios = require('axios'); const app = express(); // Step 1: Redirect user to GitHub app.get('/login', (req, res) => { const githubAuthUrl = `https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize?client_id=${process.env.GITHUB_CLIENT_ID}&scope=read:user`; res.redirect(githubAuthUrl); }); // Step 3: Handle the callback app.get('/callback', async (req, res) => { const { code } = req.query; // Step 4: Exchange code for token const tokenResponse = await axios.post( 'https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token', { client_id: process.env.GITHUB_CLIENT_ID, client_secret: process.env.GITHUB_CLIENT_SECRET, code, }, { headers: { Accept: 'application/json' } } ); const accessToken = tokenResponse.data.access_token; // Step 5: Use the token const userResponse = await axios.get('https://api.github.com/user', { headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}` }, }); res.json(userResponse.data); }); app.listen(3000);

• Designing an Authentication System: OAuth and SSO
  1 project | dev.to | 4 Feb 2026

  class SocialAuthProvider { constructor(config) { this.providers = { google: { authUrl: 'https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/v2/auth', tokenUrl: 'https://oauth2.googleapis.com/token', userInfoUrl: 'https://www.googleapis.com/oauth2/v2/userinfo', scope: 'openid email profile' }, github: { authUrl: 'https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize', tokenUrl: 'https://github.com/login/oauth/access_token', userInfoUrl: 'https://api.github.com/user', scope: 'user:email' } }; } async authenticateUser(provider, code) { const config = this.providers[provider]; if (!config) throw new Error(`Provider ${provider} not supported`); // Exchange code for token const tokenResponse = await fetch(config.tokenUrl, { method: 'POST', headers: { 'Accept': 'application/json' }, body: new URLSearchParams({ client_id: process.env[`${provider.toUpperCase()}_CLIENT_ID`], client_secret: process.env[`${provider.toUpperCase()}_CLIENT_SECRET`], code: code, grant_type: 'authorization_code' }) }); const tokens = await tokenResponse.json(); // Get user info const userResponse = await fetch(config.userInfoUrl, { headers: { 'Authorization': `Bearer ${tokens.access_token}` } }); return await userResponse.json(); } }

• Supply Chain Security: A Deep Dive into SBOM and Code Signing
  2 projects | dev.to | 11 Jan 2026

  # (Replace `` with the email you used to log in) cosign verify \ --certificate-identity="" \ --certificate-oidc-issuer="https://github.com/login/oauth" \ $IMAGE_NAME # Verification for ttl.sh/09dc8b35-cabd-4bd8-885f-.../my-signed-image:1h -- # The following checks were performed on each of these signatures: # - The cosign claims were validated # - Existence of the claims in the transparency log was verified offline # - The code-signing certificate was verified using trusted certificate authority certificates # [{"critical":{"identity":{"docker-reference":"ttl.sh/09dc8b35-cabd-4bd8-885f-.../my-signed-image:1h"},"image":{"docker-manifest-digest":"sha256:410dabcd6f1d53f1f4e5c1ce9553efa298ca6bcdd086dfc976b8f659d58b46d2"},"type":"https://sigstore.dev/cosign/sign/v1"},"optional":{}}]

• Show HN: Fanfa – Interactive and animated Mermaid diagrams
  2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Dec 2025

  it says 404:

  https://github.com/login/oauth/authorize?access_type=offline...

• SvelteKit SurrealDB Login with GitHub
  4 projects | dev.to | 30 Nov 2025
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