919: Better Auth with Better Auth

In this episode of Syntax Today, Scott Tolinski and Wes Boss discuss authentication and authorization platforms, with a focus on BetterAuth, which Scott highly recommends. Scott shares his past experiences with rolling his own authentication systems and explains why he now prefers using dedicated platforms due to the increasing complexity of modern authentication methods like passkeys, OAuth, and multi-factor authentication. The discussion covers various auth services like Auth0, Clerk, Lucia, Arctic, OpenAuth, and Auth.js, highlighting the pros and cons of each. Scott emphasizes the comprehensive features of BetterAuth, including its flexibility with different frameworks, multi-factor authentication, OAuth support, built-in rate limiter, database integrations, and plugins for functionalities like email verification, CAPTCHA, and even admin user management. He praises BetterAuth for simplifying complex tasks such as password resets, token generation, and user banning, making it a superior alternative to custom-built solutions.