I Used AWS Cognito for a Startup. I Wouldn't Do It Again.
I was three days into setting up authentication for our startup when I realized something was wrong. Not “I missed a semicolon” wrong. More like “I followed every step in the documentation and the password reset flow still redirects to the wrong place” wrong.
I had the docs open in twelve tabs. I had copy-pasted the code samples. I had even watched a tutorial from someone who sounded like they’d been through this exact nightmare before.
Here’s the thing. I’ve implemented authentication before. I...
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