Going ham on authentication

• 26 February 2025
• dev-blog

Alright, I've just spent a nice solid 3-4hrs on Synthesia this morning. I came into the day with two primary urges:

1. Try to follow best practices on authentication per Next.js docs
2. Get auth working to the point that people can actually test the tool

Most of what I spent my time on was learning and so the checkboxes aren't super populated, but here are a few sources I looked into for figuring out auth stuff:

• Next.js Auth
• Next.js generateStaticParams()
• Supabase SSR Auth

And here are some to-dos I did:

• [x] Fixing routes & authorization:
  • [x] Replace /protected with /synthesia
  • [x] /synthesia/palettes should be public and tied to a [page_id]
  • [x] /synthesia/[page_id] should be public but currently isn’t
  • [x] Hide /notes and /todos in an “other” directory just for cleaning up

And here are some things I'm trying to work on for v1.0.0f:

• [ ] Add page for non-users to explore generated palettes or public pages
  • [ ] Get artist name, which requires:
    • [ ] Users should be prompted to set usernames
    • [ ] Edit profile for artists
  • [ ] List all public picker pages
  • [ ] Get all users but only if they have usernames
    • [ ] Link to all user profiles, which requires:
      • [ ] Users have public profile pages
• [ ] Install @radix-ui/themes
• [ ] Remove radix-ui/themes?
• [ ] Ensure DAL (auth) is implemented in all Server Action
• [ ] Edit Profile

Other

Halfway through the day as I write this so not a ton to put for today, but a few thoughts from the past few days and weekend

• I got a synthesizer! My first piece of proper hardware, not including my MIDI keyboards.
• I also got a cool new computer keyboard. Let's see how long it takes to setup lol.
• Went to a few cool events in the city on Saturday and had an overall good day
• Did not have a great Tuesday
• Monday was fine, got a nice workout in and cooked a nice dinner. I'll take it
• Going to a concert solo tonight for a band I've liked for awhile
• Feeling a bit of a slip in focus on my yearly mantras and feeling the results of it, too. For ZZ it's as simple as doing it and it will pay off
• I did get a nice reflection in on my 25 in '25, which is also a good practice.

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