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Re:Auth.js Joining Better Auth by BoorishBears on Saturday September 27, 2025 @12:42AM (#45393252)
Auth.js: Vercel hired the lead dev and it stopped improving, leading to better-auth
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Re:Auth.js Joining Better Auth by re-thc on Saturday September 27, 2025 @05:01AM (#45394247)
Time for Vercel to hire the lead dev of Better Auth next?
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Re:Auth.js Joining Better Auth by notpushkin on Saturday September 27, 2025 @06:10AM (#45394514)
thebestmotherfuckingauth.com
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Re:Auth.js Joining Better Auth by BoorishBears on Saturday September 27, 2025 @03:11PM (#45398577)
I bet Vercel buys better-auth and makes it a first party auth solution
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Re:Auth.js Joining Better Auth by fgkramer on Saturday September 27, 2025 @07:31AM (#45394878)
Isn’t Vercel’s CEO an investor of Clerk? A direct competitor to all these FOSS auth libraries.
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Re:Auth.js Joining Better Auth by BoorishBears on Saturday September 27, 2025 @03:11PM (#45398571)
Yes, see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45393382

Now better-auth had raised $5M so they can't undercut Clerky by too much or they'll fail

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