Soumi Bardhan

11 minute read Updated: February 22, 2022 Soumi Bardhan Docker is a powerful development platform that enables users to containerize software. These containers can be run on any machine, as well as in a public or private cloud. Thanks to Docker’s lightweight runtime and ability to run processes in isolation, multiple containers can run at the same time on the same VM or server. MongoDB is a NoSQL database service with seamless performance and options for scaling.

Photo by Lautaro Andreani on Unsplash Authentication is an integral part of any public-facing application. It is used to verify if the user on a platform is who they say they are. This way, they get access to several user-specific privileges on the platform. Don’t bother with an authentication flow if your app doesn’t care about security or resource abuse. However, implementing an authentication flow is extremely important if your site or app data is public.