Preferred way of logging in

Question

Purely hypothetical: If I would be building a website for indie hackers/developers, what is your preferred way of logging in?

E-mail/password, magic link, Google, GitHub, other?

Cat Stickler · Accepted Answer

email/password or Google 

Magic link is probably the most secure, but I feel the rage of 1000 suns when I have to open a new tab and go to my email when it's not dedicated email time. I might be an outlier with that, though lol

Greg Raileanu · Answer

absolutely hate magic links ✨

Leif Latiff · Answer

I prefer to stay on the same page. So username/password and/or Google/GitHub.

Martijn Smit · Answer

nope, same rage of a 1000 suns here too! 

I actively avoid products that only have a magic link. 🙃

Ben Katz · Answer

I usually have Google Login + Email (magic link)

That seems to satisfy most people. Depends on the product though, if I was building a developer tool I'd probably add GitHub login to the mix.

Charlie Revett · Answer

- Magic link for wait lists
- Email and passwords once I know the app is worth building
- SAML if users request for it

Lis D · Answer

I have this same rage. I also don't have email on my phone so the rage increases when it's an application, that I can only have as an application, that then sends a magic link to my email.

Jasper de Boer · Answer

Thanks for the feedback! 🤗

Michael Sumner · Answer

Use supabase to do this. Login with Google first. Login by email second

Romain Simon · Answer

SSO

Go to Homepage	`g` `h`
Go to Done Todos	`g` `d`
Go to Questions	`g` `q`
Compose a New Todo	`n`
Go to Search	`/`
Show this dialog	`?`

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