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

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.

> 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.