<ul data-eligibleForWebStory="true"><li>JWT is commonly used for API authentication but can create more problems than it solves.</li><li>Developers often struggle with JWT's quirks, security pitfalls, and algorithm complexity.</li><li>There are excellent alternatives to JWT that may be better suited for specific use cases.</li><li>Exploring API authentication beyond JWT is crucial to understanding when to use other methods.</li><li>JWT, while not inherently bad, has weaknesses like algorithm confusion.</li><li>Many developers have fallen victim to attacks due to JWT's flexibility, such as the 'algorithm switching' attack.</li><li>Instances of leaked secrets like API keys due to JWT misconfigurations have been significant.</li></ul>

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