Why my chat app broke… a cautionary tale

My chat app became overwhelmed with profanity and spam, but all this could have been avoided with better security practices. Let's take a look at essential app security libraries and techniques.

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🔗 Resources

- Original Chat App Pocketbase Project https://youtu.be/gUYBFDPZ5qk
- 7 Web Security Risks https://youtu.be/4YOpILi9Oxs
- Cryptography Concepts https://youtu.be/NuyzuNBFWxQ
- Cloudflare Turnstile https://www.cloudflare.com/products/turnstile/

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🔖 Topics Covered

- How to prevent profanity in app
- How to deal with spam bots
- How to prevent website hacking
- Web app security best practices
- Cloudflare Turnstile vs reCaptcha
- Preventing DDoS attacks