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2026-05-06 03:15
I Built AuthShield and Immediately Knew It Wasn't Enough
What happens when auth meets money - and what I learned building it
Shipping AuthShield felt good for about a day.
The system worked. JWT issuance, refresh token rotation, OAuth integration, role-based access control, rate limiting - everything I'd set out to build was there. I'd documented every phase, explained every tradeoff, written about every decision that mattered. By any reasonable me...