About this episode

Christian Johnson discusses the transition from traditional password management to passkeys and the implications of self-hosting Bitwarden.

Password managers are becoming credential managers as passkeys begin replacing traditional usernames, passwords and authentication codes. Christian Johnson joins me to talk through what that transition means, whether self-hosting Bitwarden provides a meaningful advantage and where Vaultwarden fits for Docker and homelab users. We also look at a larger experiment Christian is working on through Maple Grove Partners: managed container hosting for people who want useful applications without maintaining every server, certificate, backup and update themselves. Full show notes at https://theaverageguy.tv/hgg684

People in this episode

Host: Jim Collison

Guest: Christian Johnson

Topics covered

• passkeys
• password management
• self-hosting
• Bitwarden
• AI agents
• managed container hosting

Keywords

• passkeys
• password managers
• Bitwarden
• Vaultwarden
• self-hosting
• AI agents
• managed container hosting

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bitwarden, Vaultwarden, Maple Grove Partners

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