Day 75 · 13 November 2026

Development update

• Everything Is Annoying Today - Especially Sign-In

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  I don't know whether it's because my Microsoft Email is not working (global outage...), or because it's Friday the 13th... but I am especially annoyed today. You would think that wouldn't be a problem but... the amount of services that have these magic link / email code requirements is staggering.

  It makes things simpler sure but when you can't access your email because of a global outage and access to the email is required effectively to access other services it becomes inconvenient... When you have an alternative factor like a 2FA code or a passkey and it still requires you to get a code from your email that is just down right infuriating...

  I am now buying "Workers for Platforms" from Cloudflare today as the last major piece to allow segmented / secure connections for other accounts. This is the straw that broke the camels back, the straw that reignited my fire and reminded me how much I hate Microsoft. I could be reasonable and just do other things while waiting (outages will happen in Postie for sure) but I am annoyed and I want to turn that pent up energy I'm feeling into action, into something postivie.

  Inconvenient when you can't sign in via password

  Sign in via Chatgpt requires an email code even after you've provided a password and a 2FA code... pointless