Adding Fine-Grained Authorization to Apps Is Complex and Deferred
Developers consistently underinvest in authorization design, bolting it on late or using coarse role systems that don't reflect real access patterns. The gap is in tooling that integrates permission model design into the development workflow rather than treating it as a separate infrastructure concern.
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