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# [How to Build Secure-by-Default Node.js APIs](https://freecodecamp.org/news/how-to-build-secure-by-default-node-js-apis?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Most security problems I've shipped in my career weren't exotic. They weren't nation-state attacks or clever zero-days. They were boring. A missing limit here, a forgotten timeout there, a string comp

Jun 24 · 26 min read · freecodecamp.org  
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Creator of DaloyJS, a software engineer, educator, and published author.

Devlin Duldulao is the creator of DaloyJS, a software engineer, educator, and published author with 10+ years of experience building and teaching modern web development. Originally from the Philippines and based in Norway since 2019, he writes books and courses for developers who want to ship real, secure systems — and takes his Asian home cooking about as seriously as his TypeScript.

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