# Introducing Clerk: All of user management, not just authentication - Host: [clerk.dev](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/clerk.dev/) - Saved: February 11, 2021 (2021-02-12T03:35:40Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/66eca1171b77/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/66eca1171b77.json ## What Jamie wrote There is a ton of non-differentiating work that every product and company has to solve in this user management space. Some frameworks have solved this with scaffolding in the past, but having a service do it is interesting. I would be hesitant though, because this is moving way up the value-stack over simple authentication and could be an initial accelerator, but then slow you down if it isn't able to extend with the features and capabilities you want to bring to the market. > Our launch today includes UI components for Sign Up, Sign In, User Profile, and what we're calling the "User Button." They can be mounted directly in your application, or you can redirect users to a Clerk-hosted page on accounts.yourdomain.com. Part of the perpetual build v. buy tradeoff. ⚖️ ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Appears in - [WT173: Weekly Thing #173 / Minot, Unicorn, Bunch](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/173/), Recommended Links ## Saved the same week - [How to Kill a Unicorn - Chris Frantz](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/5d7c1d22006e/) (chrisfrantz.com, February 11, 2021) - [The DESI 10-terapixel sky survey map has a billion galaxies in it.](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/2b4e1b2b2c38/) (syfy.com, February 11, 2021) - [tusk - anonymous feedback](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/3573e5dead58/) (tusk.page, February 11, 2021) - [No Free Plan](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/498b8ab6adfe/) (nofreeplan.com, February 11, 2021) - [Preparing to Issue 200 Million Certificates in 24 Hours - Let's Encrypt](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/13d36fe39611/) (letsencrypt.org, February 11, 2021) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://clerk.dev/blog/all-of-user-management-not-just-authentication