Best Practices

Security best practices for modern web apps

34 articles

MCP Servers Are the New Attack Surface: How to Secure Your AI Tool Integrations

MCP servers give AI tools direct access to your infrastructure. Learn the security risks and how to protect your databases, APIs, and secrets from malicious MCP servers.

10 min readFeb 2026

Vibe Coding Security Debt: Why 25% of AI-Generated Code Has Flaws (and How to Fix It)

Research shows 25% of AI-generated code contains security vulnerabilities. Learn the 5 most common flaws in vibe-coded apps and how to fix them before they cost you.

11 min readFeb 2026

Why AI Code Generators Keep Exposing Your API Keys (and How to Stop It)

AI code generators like Cursor, Bolt, and Lovable frequently hardcode API keys in client-side code. Learn why this happens and 5 proven strategies to prevent it.

12 min readFeb 2026

API Security Best Practices: Authentication, Validation, and Rate Limiting

Essential API security best practices. Learn authentication patterns, input validation, rate limiting, and error handling for secure REST and GraphQL APIs.

14 min readJan 2026

Authentication Best Practices: Secure Login, Sessions, and Token Management

Authentication security best practices. Learn secure password handling, session management, JWT patterns, and OAuth implementation for web applications.

16 min readJan 2026

Backup and Recovery Best Practices: Data Protection and Disaster Recovery

Backup and recovery best practices. Learn secure backup strategies, encryption, testing procedures, and disaster recovery planning for applications.

11 min readJan 2026

Bolt.new Security Best Practices: Ship Secure AI-Generated Apps

Security best practices for Bolt.new development. Learn to secure your AI-generated full-stack apps before deployment with proven patterns and checklists.

14 min readJan 2026

CORS Best Practices: Configuration, Security, and Common Mistakes

CORS security best practices. Learn to configure Cross-Origin Resource Sharing correctly, avoid common mistakes, and protect your API from cross-origin attacks.

11 min readJan 2026

Cursor Security Best Practices: Building Secure Apps with AI

Security best practices for Cursor AI development. Learn to review AI-generated code, manage secrets, and ship secure applications built with Cursor IDE.

12 min readJan 2026

Database Security Best Practices: SQL Injection, Access Control, and Encryption

Essential database security best practices. Learn to prevent SQL injection, implement access controls, encrypt sensitive data, and secure your database connections.

13 min readJan 2026

Secure Deployment Best Practices: CI/CD, Containers, and Infrastructure

Deployment security best practices. Learn secure CI/CD pipelines, container security, infrastructure hardening, and safe rollback strategies.

14 min readJan 2026

Environment Variable Best Practices: Secrets, Configuration, and Security

Environment variable security best practices. Learn to manage secrets, configure applications securely, and avoid common env var mistakes across platforms.

11 min readJan 2026

Error Handling Best Practices: Secure Logging, User Messages, and Recovery

Error handling security best practices. Learn to handle errors securely, avoid information disclosure, implement proper logging, and create user-friendly error messages.

10 min readJan 2026

File Upload Best Practices: Validation, Storage, and Security

File upload security best practices. Learn to validate uploads, store files safely, prevent malicious uploads, and protect against common file upload vulnerabilities.

12 min readJan 2026

Firebase Security Best Practices: Rules, Auth, and Data Protection

Complete Firebase security best practices guide. Learn Firestore security rules, Authentication patterns, and Cloud Functions security for production apps.

14 min readJan 2026

Security Headers Best Practices: CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options

Security headers best practices. Learn to configure Content Security Policy, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, and other security headers to protect your web application.

14 min readJan 2026

Input Validation Best Practices: Sanitization, Schema Validation, and Security

Input validation security best practices. Learn to validate user input, prevent injection attacks, and implement schema validation in JavaScript and TypeScript.

12 min readJan 2026

JWT Best Practices: Token Security, Storage, and Validation

JWT security best practices. Learn proper token creation, secure storage, validation patterns, and common JWT vulnerabilities to avoid.

13 min readJan 2026

Secure Logging Best Practices: What to Log (and Never Log)

Security logging best practices. Learn what to log for security, what never to log, structured logging patterns, and log monitoring for incident response.

11 min readJan 2026

Lovable Security Best Practices: Secure Your GPT Engineer Apps

Security best practices for Lovable (formerly GPT Engineer) apps. Learn to secure AI-generated code, protect user data, and deploy safely.

11 min readJan 2026

Security Monitoring Best Practices: Alerts, Dashboards, and Incident Detection

Security monitoring best practices. Learn to set up alerts, dashboards, anomaly detection, and real-time incident detection for your applications.

12 min readJan 2026

Netlify Security Best Practices: Headers, Functions, and Deployment

Complete Netlify security best practices. Configure _headers files, secure Netlify Functions, and protect your deployment pipeline.

11 min readJan 2026

Next.js Security Best Practices: API Routes, Auth, and Data Protection

Complete Next.js security best practices. Learn to secure API routes, protect environment variables, implement authentication, and deploy safely.

15 min readJan 2026

Password Security Best Practices: Hashing, Storage, and Policies

Password security best practices. Learn proper password hashing with bcrypt/argon2, secure storage, password policies, and breach detection.

11 min readJan 2026

Rate Limiting Best Practices: API Protection and Abuse Prevention

Rate limiting security best practices. Learn to protect APIs from abuse, implement per-user limits, and choose the right rate limiting strategy for your application.

11 min readJan 2026

React Security Best Practices: XSS Prevention, Auth, and Data Protection

Essential React security best practices. Learn to prevent XSS, handle authentication safely, secure API calls, and protect user data in React applications.

13 min readJan 2026

Secrets Management Best Practices: API Keys, Credentials, and Vaults

Secrets management best practices. Learn how to store API keys, rotate credentials, use secret vaults, and prevent secret leaks in code.

13 min readJan 2026

Session Management Best Practices: Secure Session Handling

Session security best practices. Learn secure session creation, cookie settings, session fixation prevention, and proper session invalidation.

12 min readJan 2026

SSL/TLS Best Practices: HTTPS Configuration and Certificate Management

SSL/TLS security best practices. Learn proper HTTPS configuration, certificate management, cipher suites, and TLS version settings for secure connections.

10 min readJan 2026

Supabase Security Best Practices: RLS, Auth, and API Protection

Comprehensive Supabase security best practices. Learn Row Level Security, authentication patterns, and API protection to secure your Supabase backend.

15 min readJan 2026

Third-Party Integration Security: APIs, SDKs, and Dependencies

Third-party security best practices. Learn how to safely integrate external APIs, evaluate SDK security, manage dependencies, and limit third-party risk.

13 min readJan 2026

Vercel Security Best Practices: Headers, Env Vars, and Deployment

Complete Vercel security best practices. Learn to configure security headers, protect environment variables, and secure your deployment pipeline.

12 min readJan 2026

Webhook Security Best Practices: Validation, Signatures, and Safe Processing

Webhook security best practices. Learn signature validation, HMAC verification, idempotency, timeout handling, and safe webhook processing patterns.

11 min readJan 2026

The Security Reality of Vibe Coding

You shipped fast with AI. But 45% of AI-generated code has security flaws. Here's why that happens and what you can do about it before it becomes a problem.

7 min readJan 2026