Choosing Auth for Your First Product

Auth is easy to overbuild. For many MVPs, a trusted hosted provider beats a custom password system.

Choose social login when your audience already expects Google or GitHub. Choose email links when friction must stay low.

Plan roles early even if you only have one admin today. Retrofitting permissions is painful.

Never store secrets in the frontend. Keep session strategy boring and well-documented.

Good auth is invisible. Users should get in quickly while you stay ready for audit and scale.