Ask HN: What do you use to build auth? A library, a provider, writing your own?
by lumenwrites on Hacker News.
How do you build auth for your SaaS apps? Do you use a library like NextAuth? Do you use a provider like Auth0 or Supabase Auth? Do you build your own auth? I’m building an app using Next.js and Prisma. I’m currently considering Supabase Auth, Auth0, or writing the auth myself. People keep telling me that writing auth myself is a bad idea, and creating truly secure auth is really hard. Although I tried implementing auth with Supabase Auth, and I tried writing my own auth with Google OAuth and Magic Links, and my own auth ended up feeling much nicer and simpler. I’m looking for some advice from more experienced people. What do you use? What would you recommend? What are the pros and cons of various approaches?