[jamesperkins]

For most projects these days I will use a provider for two reasons:

1. Easy to implement 2. The burden of security is moved.

I use clerk.dev for almost any project at this point. They take care of auth/ authorization/ database sync.

Sure I could implement these on my own but why not use SSR for next and hook in and have everything setup in minutes so I can focus on the rest of the app that matters more.