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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: 0.72s | source
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jtms ◴[26 Jun 25 03:25 UTC] No.44383929[source]▶
"Better Auth’s pitch is simple: Let developers implement everything from simple authentication flows to enterprise-grade systems directly on their databases and embed it all on the back end."

Its absolutely bonkers to me that web development has gotten to a point where this is a novel pitch. Up until not that long ago ALL auth was done directly in your own database and embeded in your own backend. Am I missing something?

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1. hliyan ◴[26 Jun 25 10:05 UTC] No.44385855[source]▶
I think it all started when libraries began to be replaced with "services" (I mean this in the broader context, not just auth). Integrations that were once development time or compile time, are now runtime. Two somewhat perverse incentives: developers get to offload some of their thinking (and also maintainence, reliability and scaling worries) to a service, and the service provider gets a perpetual income stream.