[HN Gopher] PouchDB: The Database That Syncs
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       PouchDB: The Database That Syncs
        
       Author : thunderbong
       Score  : 12 points
       Date   : 2024-11-02 12:52 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
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       | bluesnews wrote:
       | How does this deal with auth for the backend db when running in
       | the browser?
        
         | xrd wrote:
         | You can offload authentication to another server and then just
         | use the jwt. Jwt are great in that you can read them
         | transparently and guarantee that they were signed by whatever
         | you trust. It's a bit roll your own but it works well and is
         | very flexible.
        
         | brailsafe wrote:
         | Wouldn't it be the same as any other single page application?
        
         | xyzzy4747 wrote:
         | CouchDB/PouchDB has very clunky auth so IMO it's better to roll
         | your own auth and either use a reverse proxy with a JWT or else
         | hide the DB behind an API service.
        
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