Authentication in 2026 — Passkeys, OAuth 2.1, OIDC, and What to Actually Ship

A practical guide to authentication in 2026 — passkeys as the primary factor, OAuth 2.1 + OIDC for federation, sessions vs JWTs, the right stack for FastAPI / Django / Hono / Next.js, and the security mistakes I keep seeing.

April 29, 2026 · 9 min · 1881 words · Manvendra Rajpoot