user can register / sign in by providing their username (create if it doesn't exist)

[rorysaur]

...and messages are stored with the username, and displayed with the user's display name.

we can hold off on requiring a password if it will be a lot more complex.

[satishkunisi]

I see Firebase provides email & password-based auth out-of-the-box: https://www.firebase.com/docs/web/guide/login/password.html

Does anyone foresee any issues using it? We could roll our own auth of course but that seems overkill since, you know, this project is mainly about React. Thoughts?

[rorysaur]

we were planning to use firebase auth. go for it.

[jacknoble]

Firebase is no more. We should roll our own with Phoenix.

[rorysaur]

✅ add email/password fields to user model
✅ registration UI
🔲 registration backend
🔲 sessions controller
🔲 authenticate on routes; redirect to login
🔲 success/error messages
🔲 stylez