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How to create password back-up system on Node.js
Introduction Passwords are often forgotten, and forcing users to reset them via email each time can be frustrating. Magic links provide a secure and seamless w...
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Show HN: SnackBase – Open-source, GxP-compliant back end for Python teams
Hi HN, I’m the creator of SnackBase. I built this because I work in Healthcare and Life Sciences domain and was tired of spending months building the same 'comp...
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Login with Google (oAuth) - Finding Client ID & Secret in Google Cloud Console (2026)
Overview Finding your OAuth Client ID and Secret in the Google Cloud Console can feel like searching for a needle in a haystack. As of 2026, there are three pr...
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TWD Tip: Stub Auth0 Hooks and Mock React Modules
Background Authentication is one of the trickiest features to test in modern apps. Tools like Auth0 help a lot, especially with React, providing hooks such as...
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Understanding custom auth flow and its implementation..
Custom Auth Flow Implementation Recently I was trying to really understand custom auth flow and how its implementation actually works. So I started rebuilding...
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Wallets Are the New Auth Layer
Introduction If you have implemented authentication in Web2, Web3 wallets should not feel strange. Authentication has always been about one thing: Can this use...
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Reverse-Engineering Chrome's Cookie Encryption (To Authenticate AI Agents)
The Problem – Login Screens If you’ve built AI agents that interact with websites, you’ve hit this wall: login screens. Your agent needs to: - Check LinkedIn n...
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Stop Rewriting Auth Logic: My Production-Ready Node.js + MySQL Boilerplate 🚀
Introduction Every time I start a new Node.js project, I waste hours setting up the same authentication patterns: JWT handling, secure password hashing, databa...
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My First Open Source Contribution Was to an Authentication Project — And It Was Surprisingly Friendly
Why I expected it to be hard My mental image of auth code was: - Deeply abstracted layers - Magic helpers everywhere - Complicated middleware chains - Unclear...
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Why WebAuthn Feels Easy — Until You Try to Ship It
Every WebAuthn demo works. Production is where things quietly fall apart. WebAuthn demos are dangerously convincing. You follow a tutorial, register a passkey,...
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Building Auth Validation: 5 Lessons on Making Error Messages Actually Helpful
Why you should care You're building a tool that connects to multiple external services—GitHub, AI agents, various APIs. Everything works fine… until it doesn't...
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I built an auth backend for my own app — then tried selling it to see if it works
Introduction When I started working on a new Android mobile app, I knew one thing for sure: I didn’t want to rewrite authentication logic again. Auth is one of...