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by maenbalja 392 days ago
Thanks for sharing, you've successfully tipped the Better Auth scales for me... Might be too early to tell, but would you say you prefer Lucia or Better Auth at this point? I really like Lucia because of how little magic there is and how I can understand/control everything related to auth. But I wonder if it loses its luster as a project grows.
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I loved Lucia just because it gives you control over absolutely everything you want to do, but I'm starting to like the bits of magic that com with Better Auth - namely things like email verification, password resets, and rate limiting were thing I was planning to implement but dreaded having to code everything whereas they come built-in or as simple plugins for Better Auth.
Alright I'm sold haha. You basically described the emotions I imagined I would've experienced if I transitioned to Better Auth. Just needed to hear it from someone else. Cheers!