Ask HN: Should you roll your own auth?

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Hi folks,

I know this question has been asked many times, but I see a lot of conflicting opinions, across the internet. I'm in no means a professional developer (i'm just a high school student).

I'm asking specifically for Ruby on Rails, but feel free to leave your general opinion as well.

Cheers!

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As with many questions the answer is "it depends"

If you are trying to learn authentication then yes go ahead and implement it.

But if you are trying to build a commercial grade product, then your best bet is to use a 3rd party library or commercial service that has been tested and it's stable and reviewed for security.

If you're dealing with production traffic and live credentials... NO!

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