Alright, so today was all about diving headfirst into some cup practice. Let me walk you through how it went down.
First things first, I grabbed my usual setup: my laptop, the specific cup I was targeting, and a comfy spot on the couch. No distractions, you know?
Then, I fired up the dev environment. Today’s focus was on getting a better handle on how the cup handles user authentication. It’s been a bit of a pain point, so I wanted to really dig in.
I started by running some basic tests. Just simple stuff, like checking if the login flow works as expected. And, of course, it didn’t. The error messages were cryptic as usual, so I had to dive into the logs.
Spent a good hour debugging. Turns out, the issue was a misconfiguration in the API gateway. Someone had accidentally changed a setting, which was causing the authentication to fail silently. Found it by painstakingly comparing the current config with a known-good one from a few weeks back.
Next, I moved on to the more interesting stuff: trying to implement some new features. Specifically, I wanted to add support for two-factor authentication (2FA). It’s 2024, after all!
This involved messing around with the cup’s security settings, and the user management system. I started by sketching out a rough design of how the 2FA flow would work. Then, I began coding the necessary changes.
I hit a few roadblocks along the way. The cup’s documentation is…well, let’s just say it’s not the greatest. So I had to rely a lot on trial and error, and poking around in the source code.
After several hours of hacking, I finally got a basic version of 2FA working. It’s not perfect, but it’s a start. I can now enable 2FA for my user account, and I get a code sent to my phone when I log in.
Of course, I ran into some issues with the code. One of them was related to the session expiring too quickly. I fixed it by adjusting the session timeout settings in the cup’s configuration file.
I also spent some time improving the user interface. The default UI for enabling 2FA was pretty clunky, so I made some tweaks to make it more user-friendly. Nothing fancy, but it’s a definite improvement.
Before calling it a day, I wrote some unit tests to make sure the 2FA implementation is working correctly. Tests are crucial, I always say! Helps to catch bugs early on.
Here’s a quick summary of what I accomplished today:
- Debugged and fixed an authentication issue
- Implemented basic two-factor authentication
- Improved the user interface
- Wrote unit tests
Overall, it was a productive day. I learned a lot about how the cup works, and I made some significant progress on the 2FA implementation. Still got some work to do, but I’m feeling good about where things are headed.
Now it’s time to grab a beer and relax!
