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jatins 8 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: A fair Product Hunt alternative

The dev has to create a fair bit of additional infra if they provide username/password auth

* bot prevention

* same user creating multiple accounts (so now you need some IP tracking or reputation system maybe)

Which is why I think sign in with Google is okay to start with for indie devs.

It's understandable if you as a user don't like it though but shouldn't be a criteria to dismiss Show HN imo

thih9 8 months ago [–]

> The dev has to create a fair bit of additional infra if they provide username/password auth

Not until the service gets popular. And having sign in with google as the only option may work against that outcome.

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