8 Security Mistakes That Can Hack Your SaaS
The biggest problem with ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด isn't speed. It's ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐. (And here's how to fix it in ๐ด ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐) Last month, a builder launched their SaaS. Within 24 hours: โ Bots hit their signup endpoint 10,000 times โ Database crashed โ $300 in Supabase costs All because they shipped fast but forgot security. --- ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด: Your MVP works great in development. But launch day is when the real world finds your weak spots. Cursor moves fast. Security doesn't come built-in. --- ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ'๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ด-๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ธ๐น๐ถ๐๐: ๐ญ. ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐น๐ถ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ โ Supabase Edge Functions + rate limiter โ Vercel Middleware โ Next.js IP throttling Skip this = bots hit you 100x/second. ๐ฎ. ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ผ๐-๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ (๐ฅ๐๐ฆ) โ Turn on RLS on every Supabase table โ Use policies: user_id = auth.uid() No RLS = users can query other people's data. ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐๐๐ต ๐ณ๐น๐ผ๐๐ โ Signup forms โ Login pages โ Forgot password AI bots can generate 1000s of fake signups in minutes. ๐ฐ. ๐๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ ๐ช๐๐ (๐ช๐ฒ๐ฏ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น) โ Vercel โ Settings โ Security โ WAF โ Enable "Attack Challenge" on all routes 1 click. No code. Blocks bad traffic instantly. ๐ฑ. ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ธ๐ฒ๐๐ โ Store in .env files โ Use server-only functions โ Scan AI-generated code (it often forgets this) If it runs on the client, assume it's public. ๐ฒ. ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐ถ๐ป๐ฝ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ โ Emails, passwords, uploads โ Custom form inputs โ API payloads Don't trust the frontend. Ever. ๐ณ. ๐๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ โ Run npm audit fix โ Remove unused packages โ Check for critical vulnerabilities Cursor moves fast. It doesn't clean up after itself. ๐ด. ๐๐ฑ๐ฑ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด + ๐น๐ผ๐ด๐ โ Supabase Logs โ Vercel Analytics โ Track failed logins, traffic spikes, 500s You can't fix what you can't see. --- ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐: ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐๐ Before you push, run CodeRabbit inside Cursor. It catches security flaws, performance issues, and bad logic. Like a senior dev reviewing your entire codebase. --- ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐๐ผ๐บ ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ: Cursor lets you code fast.