This article is created by Logto, an open-source solution that helps developers implement secure auth in minutes instead of months.
Authentication looks like something you can knock out yourself. Email, password, hash it, compare on login. How hard can it be to build your own authentication system?
You can. That's the trap.
We've talked with dozens of teams about the auth they built themselves. Most came to us for the same reason: it was holding the business back.
Different industries, stacks, and sizes, but the same ending. The auth they built had become a debt the team was carrying.
