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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 | 2 comments | 25 Jun 25 18:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.239s | source
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exiguus ◴[25 Jun 25 23:07 UTC] No.44382638[source]▶
If i get it correctly, it solves the problem, to store data on MVP/Prototype Auth providers like Superbase, Auth0 or Firebase.

How does it compare to something mature like keycloak?

And what is the difference to just self-host superbase?

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Spivak ◴[26 Jun 25 00:40 UTC] No.44383160[source]▶
The killer feature is that it's embeddable into your app. You don't have to host anything besides your app and your app's database.

I can't understand why people who aren't Google scale do it any other way. When you're at the point where you need a separate auth service I'd call that good problems to have.

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1. koakuma-chan ◴[26 Jun 25 02:32 UTC] No.44383741[source]▶
> The killer feature is that it's embeddable into your app. You don't have to host anything besides your app and your app's database.

That's why they're gonna monetize by building a cloud service?

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2. Spivak ◴[26 Jun 25 03:25 UTC] No.44383930[source]▶
I mean right now it's JS's devise. There's always time in the future for them to ruin it.