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Add Authentication
When you need users to log in, stay logged in, and recover access later.
Tool review
Clerk
Hosted authentication and user management for modern web apps. The polished default when you want sign-in, account management, organizations, and session handling to feel real quickly.
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Convex
Backend platform for apps where data changes should update the UI automatically, without building a lot of custom realtime wiring. Includes a database, server functions, realtime updates, auth integrations, file storage, search, crons, and AI-agent workflow tools.
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The 7 Best Claude Design Alternatives in 2026
Claude Design is impressive, but it shares usage limits with the rest of Claude. These alternatives are better fits for free UI exploration, Figma workflows, production code, full apps, and presentations.
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What's the Deal with React and Next Again?
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Related glossary terms
DNS
DNS is the layer that makes your custom domain point at the right hosting platform, email provider, or subdomain target.
Shared tags: web
Endpoint
An endpoint is the address for one API capability. Different endpoints do different jobs, even when they belong to the same service.
Shared tags: web
JSON
JSON is the default language of modern APIs. It is how apps commonly pass structured information back and forth.
Shared tags: web