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Everyone doesn't, and shouldn't. That's why the best practice is not to implement your own hash function, and instead use a third-party library written by an expert.

I'm not sure that password-as-a-service would be worth the overhead involved, but password-as-a-library is functionally equivalent from a developer's perspective and is already the norm. The only question, then, is "which library?" which is what this article attempts to address.



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