I feel like part of this is just a result of how hostile a web-based work experience can be.
On my work computer, to do a simple task it often requires logging in to myriad services that need to be finagled in concert. Each with a different password that expires regularly, but of course also MFA. Often more “work” than the “work” itself.
And that’s often the happy path rather than multiple attempts to the same service, vpn woes, etc.
Oh you just updated your computer? Now re-log in to your vpn, atlassian, GitLab, slack, zoom, outlook, aws, and others. Want to watch a slack recording? You’re logged into the desktop application but now enter your credentials, again, this time in the browser.. it never ends.
One one hand I agree. But my experience is that an okay password manager makes the process of logging into things, creating new accounts, updating passwords, etc. so streamlined that it rarely bothers me anymore.
I highly recommend the browser extension Session Buddy [0], if you, like me, regularly find you’ve opened tens to hundreds of tabs.
It’s quite cathartic to save out my tabs into topic-based sessions, close everything, then reopen just one session on whatever I want to focus on after an exploratory phase.
