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The Data Stack Show

43: Modern Authentication and User Management with Sokratis Vidros of Clerk.dev

Jul 7, 2021
46:00

Highlights from this week's episode:

  • Sokratis' realization that big corporations were not the best thing for him (2:56)
  • Transitioning for Workable to Clerk.dev (3:40)
  • Convincing developers to outsource components to a service (9:36)
  • Clerk's layered solutions and how it affects the developer and the end-user (12:41)
  • Starting with Clerk from scratch vs. using Clerk to replace an existing component (19:55)
  • Synergies and SaaS starter kit (24:06)
  • Building Clerk to avoid a single point of failure (29:19)
  • Reflecting back on the transformation and growth of Workable, and how it was like working at eight different companies (33:03)
  • Lessons that Sokratis has taken away from his years as a developer (42:18)

The Data Stack Show is a weekly podcast powered by RudderStack. Each week we’ll talk to data engineers, analysts, and data scientists about their experience around building and maintaining data infrastructure, delivering data and data products, and driving better outcomes across their businesses with data.

RudderStack helps businesses make the most out of their customer data while ensuring data privacy and security. To learn more about RudderStack visit rudderstack.com.

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