Problem
Many APIs mix authentication, authorization, and business logic, leading to insecure and hard-to-scale systems.
Solution
Built a clean reference API demonstrating:
- Stateless JWT authentication
- Short-lived access tokens
- Role-based authorization
- Explicit security boundaries
Architecture Overview
- Flask REST API
- JWT token validation
- SQLAlchemy ORM
- Stateless request handling
Outcome & Impact
- 🔐 Clear auth boundaries
- 🚀 Horizontally scalable
- 📚 Reusable security reference
- 🧱 Suitable for microservices