[HN Gopher] Better Auth, by a self-taught Ethiopian dev, raises ...
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       Better Auth, by a self-taught Ethiopian dev, raises $5M from Peak
       XV, YC
        
       Author : bundie
       Score  : 18 points
       Date   : 2025-06-25 18:07 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (techcrunch.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (techcrunch.com)
        
       | dang wrote:
       | Related:
       | 
       |  _Launch HN: Better Auth (YC X25) - Authentication Framework for
       | TypeScript_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44030492 - May
       | 2025 (106 comments)
       | 
       |  _Better Auth - Authentication library for TypeScript_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42272707 - Nov 2024 (32
       | comments)
       | 
       |  _Show HN: Comprehensive authentication library for TypeScript_ -
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41678652 - Sept 2024 (44
       | comments)
        
       | blackhaj7 wrote:
       | So pumped for Bereket. Better Auth is awesome.
       | 
       | I am also interested on how they plan to monetise it. I love the
       | library and the success story but hope that the weight of this VC
       | money doesn't impact its awesomeness
        
       | yewenjie wrote:
       | Can anyone compare Better Auth with something more barebones like
       | Lucia?
        
         | threatofrain wrote:
         | Lucia has been converted into a kind of tutorial, which is
         | another way of saying the author is going to college now and is
         | busy or interested in other things.
         | 
         | As an aside OpenAuth seems dead. No activity for 2 months.
        
       | haneul wrote:
       | Love this news! Amazing by Bereket!
        
       | abetancort wrote:
       | Trump will kick him out of the US.
        
         | reactordev wrote:
         | He just raised enough for a golden ticket
        
       | yodon wrote:
       | 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.
        
         | vmg12 wrote:
         | Auth is really not difficult to write. It's don't roll your own
         | crypto, not don't roll your own auth. People need to stop
         | spreading this fud.
        
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