Dick Hardt

Founder/CEO Hellō @HelloCoop. Previously founder ActiveState, Sxip. Ex-AMZN, ex-MSFT. Led OAuth 2.0 & JWT design. Champion of Identity 2.0 and user privacy.

[Insecure Agents Podcast @insecureagents]

Dick will be joining us at AAuth Night on July 1st during AIE World's Fair. Come join us to learn more about AAuth and how you can run agents without API keys
https://t.co/cERcO6WOal

[Keycard @KeycardLabs]

In SF for the @aiDotEngineer World's Fair? Join us at AAuth Night: Moving Beyond OAuth. Lightning talks and live demos with @DickHardt and Keycard CTO @jaredhanson, plus a panel Q&A moderated by @vtahowe.

[Keycard @KeycardLabs]

That's what @insecureagents has been doing. @DickHardt has walked through what authentication means when the caller is an agent. @alexstamos has covered what enterprise security teams see as agents hit production.

[Dick Hardt @DickHardt]

@ouraring @fin_ai SO-12479076 -- DM looks like it requires premium now on X -- you can email me for details.

[Dick Hardt @DickHardt]

@ouraring your support links are not working -- @fin_ai is not opening. My shipping address is getting cut off by your carrier -- so they don't know what unit to deliver to. -- can't figure out how to give you an updated address -- keep going in circles.

[Pete Buttigieg @PeteButtigieg]

It was a pleasure to spend time with Prime Minister @MarkJCarney last week in Toronto.

In a rapidly changing world, the longstanding partnership between our two countries remains essential. At home and abroad, there is no going back to old ways - nor should we try - but as neighbors and friends we should work together to shape a better future.

[Dick Hardt @DickHardt]

@WorldPeaceCorps @bekacru Did not see it — email is better :)

[Dick Hardt @DickHardt]

Congrats @bekacru 🎉

[Beka @bekacru]

Excited to announce Better Auth Infrastructure

Get started: https://t.co/XiN4uNbmdU

[Dick Hardt @DickHardt]

@motdotla We should chat!

[Dick Hardt @DickHardt]

@deedydas Point 3 is a fable — ATMs happened at same time as banking deregulation — many new branches were opened increasing demand for tellers which offset decline from ATMs https://t.co/aeIXjyhfnA

[Dick Hardt @DickHardt]

Simon’s Agentic Engineering Patterns is evolving to be a pointer I share with others — latest installments on walkthroughs are great guidance https://t.co/0cnMN4I60s

[Dick Hardt @DickHardt]

@bcherny It’s evolved into the most profound development tool I’ve ever used. Congrats!

[Dick Hardt @DickHardt]

Portugal edges out France and Spain — I’m going to move back to Lisbon.

[Infopedia @info__pedia]

Young people's quality of life across Europe

🇳🇴 Norway — 91.67
🇩🇰 Denmark — 91.43
🇫🇮 Finland — 90.32
🇮🇸 Iceland — 90.11
🇸🇪 Sweden — 89.92
🇨🇭 Switzerland — 89.88
🇩🇪 Germany — 89.35
🇳🇱 Netherlands — 88.81
🇱🇺 Luxembourg — 88.52
🇮🇪 Ireland — 88.43
🇧🇪 Belgium — 88.25
🇦🇹 Austria — 87.68
🇸🇮 Slovenia — 86.91
🇪🇪 Estonia — 86.64
🇨🇿 Czechia — 85.25
🇬🇧 UK — 85.20
🇵🇹 Portugal — 84.73
🇫🇷 France — 84.19
🇱🇹 Lithuania — 83.99
🇪🇸 Spain — 83.72
🇮🇹 Italy — 83.49
🇲🇹 Malta — 83.16
🇨🇾 Cyprus — 82.81
🇱🇻 Latvia — 82.63
🇵🇱 Poland — 82.22
🇭🇷 Croatia — 81.13
🇸🇰 Slovakia — 81.08
🇬🇷 Greece — 80.00
🇭🇺 Hungary — 78.73
🇲🇪 Montenegro — 77.35
🇷🇸 Serbia — 77.02
🇷🇴 Romania — 76.23
🇧🇬 Bulgaria — 76.10
🇲🇩 Moldova — 74.10
🇲🇰 N. Macedonia — 73.27
🇬🇪 Georgia — 73.12
🇦🇱 Albania — 73.07
🇧🇾 Belarus — 71.89
🇺🇦 Ukraine — 71.35
🇧🇦 BiH — 71.23
🇷🇺 Russia — 69.43
🇹🇷 Türkiye — 67.82

Note: score between worst 0 and best 100)

Source: European Youth Forum — Youth Progress Index 2025

[Dick Hardt @DickHardt]

@QuinnyPig I’ve been burned too many times by them . I’m no even going to read the article.

[Dick Hardt @DickHardt]

@HarryStebbings I came to France to build a business — @france_espagne gave me a kafkaesque denial. Heading back to Lisbon. They welcome founders.

[Dick Hardt @DickHardt]

@EmmanuelMacron I’m a recognized leader in Internet Identity and came to Paris to work on agent auth — but @france_espagne gave me a kafkaesque denial that is unactionable. And I had to fly to Madrid to get it. France has the open sign on door — but the keys are lost.

[Dick Hardt @DickHardt]

@HarryStebbings Curious. Do these posts generate real flow or is this signaling to current investments that they are unhinged?

[Dick Hardt @DickHardt]

@bpiatt @eastdakota @sparkycollier @Cloudflare Agree. OAuth is not a fit — but how do you think @Cloudflare would help? web-bot-auth ?

[Dick Hardt @DickHardt]

I'll be speaking next week in Paris about the future of identity - AuthN to AuthZ

https://t.co/wricNZxxYv

[Lisboa @CamaraLisboa]

#Lisboa recebe o Natal! 🎄