> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](/docs/llms.txt)

# Ciam posts

[Education](/blog/category/education)[Product](/blog/category/product)

### [When to self-host critical application components](/blog/when-to-self-host)

In April of 2021, Auth0, an identity provider powering authentication for hundreds of websites, experienced an hours-long outage. During the outage, users...

[Matthew Fuller](/blog/author/matthew-fuller)

August 21, 2025