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Developer applies fintech-grade security hardening to a simple 3D course showcase app

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A developer building Templo Digital, a hackathon project featuring a 3D course showcase built with React, Vite, and Three.js, voluntarily applied rigorous security hardening despite the app handling no sensitive user data. The developer configured Content Security Policy headers in Vercel, added standard protections against clickjacking and cross-origin data leaks, and patched CVE-2025-58752, a known Vite vulnerability that could expose files outside the build directory. Each security decision was documented so future contributors could understand the rationale rather than accidentally removing protections. The motivation was deliberate: the developer aims to work in fintech and wanted to build secure-coding habits before encountering high-stakes production environments where bugs can cause financial loss, data exposure, or legal liability. The developer plans to extend this practice to backend systems, studying how the Spring ecosystem handles authentication, encryption, and access control in real transaction-processing applications.

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