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title: "Discussion on \"Please Reverse-Engineer the Architecture That Only Exists in the Codebase\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"Please Reverse-Engineer the Architecture That Only Exists in the Codebase\". I recently got assigned what sounded like a simple authentication task:\n\nMake tokens generated by a legacy API and a refactored API interoperable.\n\nI thought:\nJWT\n+\nShared signing key\n+\nShared validat"
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# [Please Reverse-Engineer the Architecture That Only Exists in the Codebase](https://dewa-mahendra.hashnode.dev/please-reverse-engineer-the-architecture-that-only-exists-in-the-codebase?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

I recently got assigned what sounded like a simple authentication task: Make tokens generated by a legacy API and a refactored API interoperable. I thought: JWT + Shared signing key + Shared validat

Oct 13 · 3 min read · dewa-mahendra.hashnode.dev  
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