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Eric Anderson (@ericmander) interviews Graham Neray (@grahamneray) about oso, the open-source policy engine for authorization. oso was originally born from a desire to make infrastructure and security easier for developers, which is why Graham and his company describe themselves as being in the \u201cfriction-removal business.\u201d Listen to today\u2019s episode to learn how the team at oso are working to put security in the hands of developers. 

In this episode we discuss:

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• Developers building RBAC (role-based access control) systems over and over again
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• Why open-source is the best way to handle authorization logic
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• The history behind oso\u2019s core policy language, Polar
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• How someone beat Graham to the punch submitting oso to a Python newsletter
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• Comparing oso and OPA (Open Policy Agent)
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Links:

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• oso
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• Stripe
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• Trulioo
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• MongoDB
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• Auth0
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• Show HN
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• OPA
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• Polar Adventure
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People mentioned:

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• Sam Scott (@samososos)
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• Alex Plotnick (Github: @plotnick)
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• Stephen Olsen (@olsenator4)
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Other episodes:

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• Presto on Contributor
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• OPA on Contributor
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