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And many have done this before (selling auth). 0auth, Clerk, Supabase, etc. Any more I'm missing?

by cies 1y ago

input_sh 1y ago
That this is not an oauth backend but a frontend library that you hook into something.
- hliyan 1y ago
  That doesn't sound right. The initialisation code has a database connection string argument. YOu wouldn't do that from a frontend.
  - koakuma-chan 1y ago
    This library just hashes passwords and handles oauth2 callbacks. But it also requires a database to "store user data", which is really out of scope of an auth library. But I would like to hear how one goes from a country I've never heard about before to raising 5 mil as a JavaScript library "startup".
    - devjab 1y ago
      > from a country I've never heard about before How is your lack of geographical knowledge relevant to any of this?
      - koakuma-chan 1y ago
        > How is your lack of geographical knowledge relevant to any of this? It doesn't matter where the country is located on the map. If you happen to be a citizen of a developing country, your opportunities are extremely limited, and that is why I'm curious how he managed to get into the US and make a startup out of something that doesn't make sense to be one.
        notpushkin 1y ago
        Did he get into the US before or after getting into YC?
        prmoustache 1y ago
        How is all of this relevant or even interesting? Do people in the US still think that people living abroad are playing with rocks and sticks all day when they are not hunting for food?
        notpushkin 1y ago
        It isn’t – I was trying to make the same point basically. (I’m not in the US, though I haven’t started a $5M company yet, either.)
        koakuma-chan 1y ago
        > How is all of this relevant or even interesting? Is YC not super competitive and in order to get in you and your co-founder would have to have graduated from some super prestigious university ala MIT?
  - koakuma-chan 1y ago
    > The initialisation code has a database connection string argument. YOu wouldn't do that from a frontend. Definitely /s
morley 1y ago
Privy just got purchased by Stripe: https://privy.io/blog/announcing-our-acquisition-by-stripe https://privy.io/blog/announcing-our-acquisition-by-stripe
mikepurvis 1y ago
Auth is hard to get right, fiddly at the best of times, and is no one's core competency. It's almost always part of the box not the chocolates, and so is an excellent candidate for outsourcing. I can see why companies attack this space.

And many have done this before (selling auth). 0auth, Clerk, Supabase, etc. Any more I'm missing?

by cies 1y ago

And many have done this before (selling auth). 0auth, Clerk, Supabase, etc. Any more I'm missing?

input_sh 1y ago

That this is not an oauth backend but a frontend library that you hook into something.

hliyan 1y ago
That doesn't sound right. The initialisation code has a database connection string argument. YOu wouldn't do that from a frontend.
- koakuma-chan 1y ago
  This library just hashes passwords and handles oauth2 callbacks. But it also requires a database to "store user data", which is really out of scope of an auth library. But I would like to hear how one goes from a country I've never heard about before to raising 5 mil as a JavaScript library "startup".
  - devjab 1y ago
    > from a country I've never heard about before How is your lack of geographical knowledge relevant to any of this?
    - koakuma-chan 1y ago
      > How is your lack of geographical knowledge relevant to any of this? It doesn't matter where the country is located on the map. If you happen to be a citizen of a developing country, your opportunities are extremely limited, and that is why I'm curious how he managed to get into the US and make a startup out of something that doesn't make sense to be one.
      - notpushkin 1y ago
        Did he get into the US before or after getting into YC?
        prmoustache 1y ago
        How is all of this relevant or even interesting? Do people in the US still think that people living abroad are playing with rocks and sticks all day when they are not hunting for food?
        notpushkin 1y ago
        It isn’t – I was trying to make the same point basically. (I’m not in the US, though I haven’t started a $5M company yet, either.)
        koakuma-chan 1y ago
        > How is all of this relevant or even interesting? Is YC not super competitive and in order to get in you and your co-founder would have to have graduated from some super prestigious university ala MIT?
- koakuma-chan 1y ago
  > The initialisation code has a database connection string argument. YOu wouldn't do that from a frontend. Definitely /s

morley 1y ago

Privy just got purchased by Stripe: https://privy.io/blog/announcing-our-acquisition-by-stripe https://privy.io/blog/announcing-our-acquisition-by-stripe

mikepurvis 1y ago

Auth is hard to get right, fiddly at the best of times, and is no one's core competency. It's almost always part of the box not the chocolates, and so is an excellent candidate for outsourcing. I can see why companies attack this space.