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Your API keys are in the browser: which ones matter and the fix

Whatever your app sends to the browser, anyone can read. Which keys are designed to be public, which must never be, how secrets end up there, and the server-function fix, from each vendor's own docs.

Sam Ortega · 43m ago · 7 min

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The Moltbook breach: what a public Supabase key without RLS grants

An AI-built social network left its whole database readable and writable. The key wasn't stolen; one setting was missing. What happened, from Wiz's write-up, and the lesson for anyone building on Supabase.

Sam Ortega · 43m ago · 7 min

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Before you share your vibe-coded app: the 6 security checks

The six mistakes behind 2026's vibe-coded app exposures, turned into checks you can do without reading code: RLS, secrets, server-side auth, admin, webhooks and rate limits.

Sam Ortega · 43m ago · 8 min