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Payment Integration12 min read

PayMob, Amazon Payment Services

Months of integrating PayMob and Amazon Payment Services (PayFort) into a production marketplace • the adapter, payment state machine, and webhook pipeline

PaymentsPaymobAmazon Payment ServicesPayFortWebhooksBullMQNode.jsTypeScript
Backend Security14 min read

JWT vs PASETO

I have shipped JWT in production, gotten burned by it, switched to PASETO for auth and payments, and learned that most teams never question the default.

SecurityJWTPASETOAuthTokensNode.jsTypeScript