--- title: EP69: Explaining JSON Web Token (JWT) To a 10 Year Old Kid description: This week’s system design refresher: DevOps vs. SRE vs. Platform Engineering. Explaining JSON Web Token (JWT) to a 10-year-old Kid is a special box called a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/ep69-explaining-json-web-token-jwt-to-a-10-year-old-kid-pi7nqpho5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: EP69: Explaining JSON Web Token (JWT) To a 10 Year Old Kid | daily.dev og:description: This week’s system design refresher: DevOps vs. SRE vs. Platform Engineering. 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It tells us what type of box it is and how it's secured. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@tombiebl** · 1 upvotes > Very nice article ! **@taran95** · 0 upvotes > Nice article. > > Also check out https://jwt.io/ for debugging jwt token content **@universal** · 0 upvotes > Great article, thanks! ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#tech-news](https://daily.dev/tags/tech-news), [#docker](https://daily.dev/tags/docker), [#authentication](https://daily.dev/tags/authentication), [#jwt](https://daily.dev/tags/jwt) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/ep69-explaining-json-web-token-jwt-to-a-10-year-old-kid-pi7nqpho5) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"EP69: Explaining JSON Web Token (JWT) To a 10 Year Old Kid","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/ep69-explaining-json-web-token-jwt-to-a-10-year-old-kid-pi7nqpho5","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/ep69-explaining-json-web-token-jwt-to-a-10-year-old-kid-pi7nqpho5"},"datePublished":"2023-07-22T15:32:52.207Z","dateModified":"2023-07-22T15:32:39.489Z","description":"This week’s system design refresher: DevOps vs. SRE vs. Platform Engineering. 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