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Enhancing Application Security with Rate Limiting and Fine-Grained Access Control

Securing web applications requires a multi-layered approach. Recent updates to our application focused on bolstering security through rate limiting on authentication routes and implementing granular access control for administrative resources.

Rate Limiting Authentication Routes

To mitigate brute-force attacks and other forms of abuse, we've implemented rate limiting on critical

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Enhancing the Landing Page with a Promotional Video

Goal

To create a more engaging landing page experience by embedding a short, autoplaying promotional video.

Implementation

A dedicated video project was created using Remotion v4 to produce a 20-second promotional video. The video highlights key features and provides a call to action.

Video Production

The video was structured into five distinct scenes:

  1. Intro: A brief
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Implementing Localized Promo Videos for Global Audiences

The Challenge

Our application needed to support multiple languages for promo videos, ensuring a localized experience for users across different regions. This included translating video content and optimizing video formats for efficient delivery.

The Solution

We implemented a solution involving content localization, component updates for internationalization (i18n), and video format

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Enhancements to AI Settings and Post Generation Access Control

Overview

This update focuses on refining access control for AI settings and improving the Post Generator navigation within the application. Key changes include restricting access to AI configuration settings to superadmin users only and reordering the Post Generator in the navigation menu for improved user experience.

AI Settings Access Control

To enhance security and prevent

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Standardizing Video Output to MP4

Introduction

Our team has been working on streamlining the video rendering process for our landing page promos. This update focuses on simplifying the output format to a single standard: MP4.

The Change

The previous setup involved generating both MP4 and WebM formats for different browsers and devices. This required maintaining separate rendering configurations and increased storage

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PHP Security

Dependency Updates: Enhancing Platform Security and Stability

Introduction

Regularly updating dependencies is crucial for maintaining the security and stability of our platform. Recent efforts have focused on upgrading key packages to address potential vulnerabilities and improve overall performance.

Key Updates

This update includes the following significant dependency upgrades:

  • nikic/php-parser: Updated from v5.6.2 to v5.7.0.
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