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		Atotalnoob on Feb 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Exodus Bitcoin Wallet: $490k swindle Off topic, but I wish /.well-known/ was used more often. Right now, the only real usage for apis is in oauth2. There are dozens of tiny use cases we could use a standard uri for ease of use in corporate environments… .well-known/documentation - redirects to the docs .well-known/health - health check .well-known/specificiation - api contracts Etc…

mappu on Feb 21, 2024 | [–]

I'm a fan of the existing `/.well-known/change-password` standard!

NovemberWhiskey on Feb 20, 2024 | [–]

>Right now, the only real usage for apis is in oauth2.

... as well as the ACME HTTP-01 challenge as used by Let's Encrypt etc.

Atotalnoob on Feb 21, 2024 | [–]

This is true, and there are some other usages, but it’s still not widely used and in my opinion it should be

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