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Better Auth, by a self-taught Ethiopian dev, raises $5M from Peak XV, YC

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282 points bundie | 1 comments | 25 Jun 25 18:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.397s | source
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yodon ◴[25 Jun 25 22:32 UTC] No.44382371[source]▶
Pretty sure auth is not something I want a self-taught dev (or even most CS-graduate devs) writing.

Oauth2, JWT's, hashes, timestamps, validations, and such, are all totally simple until they're not. The black hats have way more experience and way more time invested in this space than most any normal dev.

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pinkmuffinere ◴[25 Jun 25 23:13 UTC] No.44382664[source]▶
> The black hats have way more experience and way more time invested in this space than most any normal dev.

Surely the black hats you refer to are themselves self-taught? They didn't find a school that would teach them about crime, right? In that case it seems like self-taught can be good enough.

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1. msgodel ◴[26 Jun 25 00:47 UTC] No.44383202[source]▶
Black hats have to be right once, white hats have to be right every time.

They can spray and pray, you have to write proofs.