The 6 things to check in your Cursor-built app before you ship
Cursor writes the code but doesn't wire up your backend — so every security check is yours. Six things to confirm before you ship, and the one…
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Sam Ortega · Build Editor
The short answer
Cursor is a code editor, not an app builder — it writes code into whatever project and stack you chose, and it doesn't wire up a database or hosting for you. That means all six checks are yours: (1)…
1. People can't reach each other's data — wherever your backend is
2. No secret key in the browser — check the code it wrote
3. Keys in .env, out of Git — .cursorignore isn't a vault
4. Rate limits — cap sign-ups and AI calls
5. Backups — know what your database keeps
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The 6 things to check in your Cursor-built app before you ship