← Back to context Comment by jarym 17 hours ago "home built auth system" is bound to have "random SSO issues". You fix them, that's how things mature. 14 comments jarym Reply tomrod 12 hours ago Supabase's auth is MIT licensed and OSS, is it not?https://github.com/supabase/auth/blob/master/LICENSE ctm92 11 hours ago Supabase is OSS but it's a real pain to actually self host it theturtletalks 10 hours ago Couldn’t you get Claude to go into Supabase’s auth code and make your custom like their’s but adapted to your stack? 5 replies → SkyPuncher 13 hours ago Yep, it’s just a drag. It’s not our core product value so any effort we put into it is a drag. ButyTh0 10 hours ago Rather than just use an email solution Google built GMail into a massive email solution despite it not being a core productSometimes that's just an opportunity jdmichal 3 hours ago > ... not being a core productTechnically true, because Google's core product is ads. Also fundamentally wrong, because Gmail serves as a massive source of ad targeting information, in addition to being a high-engagement canvas to display those ads. 1 reply → rubogubo 17 hours ago I'm guessing they simply didnt want to spend the time and money doing that janderson215 14 hours ago Possibly didn’t want to accept the additional risk that comes with rolling your own auth as well.
tomrod 12 hours ago Supabase's auth is MIT licensed and OSS, is it not?https://github.com/supabase/auth/blob/master/LICENSE ctm92 11 hours ago Supabase is OSS but it's a real pain to actually self host it theturtletalks 10 hours ago Couldn’t you get Claude to go into Supabase’s auth code and make your custom like their’s but adapted to your stack? 5 replies →
ctm92 11 hours ago Supabase is OSS but it's a real pain to actually self host it theturtletalks 10 hours ago Couldn’t you get Claude to go into Supabase’s auth code and make your custom like their’s but adapted to your stack? 5 replies →
theturtletalks 10 hours ago Couldn’t you get Claude to go into Supabase’s auth code and make your custom like their’s but adapted to your stack? 5 replies →
SkyPuncher 13 hours ago Yep, it’s just a drag. It’s not our core product value so any effort we put into it is a drag. ButyTh0 10 hours ago Rather than just use an email solution Google built GMail into a massive email solution despite it not being a core productSometimes that's just an opportunity jdmichal 3 hours ago > ... not being a core productTechnically true, because Google's core product is ads. Also fundamentally wrong, because Gmail serves as a massive source of ad targeting information, in addition to being a high-engagement canvas to display those ads. 1 reply →
ButyTh0 10 hours ago Rather than just use an email solution Google built GMail into a massive email solution despite it not being a core productSometimes that's just an opportunity jdmichal 3 hours ago > ... not being a core productTechnically true, because Google's core product is ads. Also fundamentally wrong, because Gmail serves as a massive source of ad targeting information, in addition to being a high-engagement canvas to display those ads. 1 reply →
jdmichal 3 hours ago > ... not being a core productTechnically true, because Google's core product is ads. Also fundamentally wrong, because Gmail serves as a massive source of ad targeting information, in addition to being a high-engagement canvas to display those ads. 1 reply →
rubogubo 17 hours ago I'm guessing they simply didnt want to spend the time and money doing that janderson215 14 hours ago Possibly didn’t want to accept the additional risk that comes with rolling your own auth as well.
janderson215 14 hours ago Possibly didn’t want to accept the additional risk that comes with rolling your own auth as well.
Supabase's auth is MIT licensed and OSS, is it not?
https://github.com/supabase/auth/blob/master/LICENSE
Supabase is OSS but it's a real pain to actually self host it
Couldn’t you get Claude to go into Supabase’s auth code and make your custom like their’s but adapted to your stack?
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Yep, it’s just a drag. It’s not our core product value so any effort we put into it is a drag.
Rather than just use an email solution Google built GMail into a massive email solution despite it not being a core product
Sometimes that's just an opportunity
> ... not being a core product
Technically true, because Google's core product is ads. Also fundamentally wrong, because Gmail serves as a massive source of ad targeting information, in addition to being a high-engagement canvas to display those ads.
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I'm guessing they simply didnt want to spend the time and money doing that
Possibly didn’t want to accept the additional risk that comes with rolling your own auth as well.